As I Lay Dying is a 2013 American drama film directed and co-written by and starring James Franco, based on William Faulkner's 1930 novel of the same name.

The film stars Franco, Tim Blake Nelson, Danny McBride, Logan Marshall-Green, Ahna O'Reilly, Jim Parrack, Beth Grant, and Brady Permenter.

[1][2] The story is based on the loss of a mother and the struggles the family endure by going the distance to her burial ground in her home town.

[3] James Franco decided to write a screenplay of the novel with fellow Yale graduate student Matt Rager.

The website's critical consensus states: "As I Lay Dying finds director, star, and co-writer James Franco attempting to adapt one of William Faulkner's weightier works, with disappointingly muddled results".