Summary:
In 1986, In Brooklyn, New York, the dysfunctional family of pseudo intellectuals composed by the university professor Bernard and the prominent writer Joan split. Bernard is a selfish, cheap and jealous decadent writer that rationalizes every attitude in his family and life and does not accept "philistines" - people that do not read books or watch movies, while the unfaithful Joan is growing as a writer and has no problems with "philistines". Their sons, the teenager Walt and the boy Frank, feel the separation and take side: Walt stays with Bernard, and Frank with Joan, and both are affected with abnormal behaviors. Frank drinks booze and smears with sperm the books in the library and a locker in the dress room of his school. The messed-up and insecure Walt uses Roger Water's song "Hey You" in a festival as if it was of his own, and breaks with his girlfriend Sophie. Meanwhile Joan has an affair with Frank's tennis teacher Ivan and Bernard with his student Lili.
| Runtime: | 81 min |
|---|---|
| Rating: | Rated R for strong sexual content, graphic dialogue and language. |
| Production: | American Empirical Pictures |
| Genres: | Drama, Comedy |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Home Release Date: | Mar 21, 2006 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Noah Baumbach | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Noah Baumbach | Written By |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Anna Paquin | Lili |
| Ben Schrank | Graduate Student |
| Bo Berkman | Graduate Student |
| Daniella Markowicz | Graduate Student |
| David Benger | Carl |
| Elizabeth Meriwether | Graduate Student |
| Jeff Daniels | Bernard Berkman |
| Jesse Eisenberg | Walt Berkman |
| Laura Linney | Joan Berkman |
| Matthew Kaplan | Graduate Student |
| Matthew Kirsch | Graduate Student |
| Molly Barton | Graduate Student |
| Owen Kline | Frank Berkman |
| Simon Kaplan | Graduate Student |
| William Baldwin | Ivan |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Andrew Lauren | Executive Producer |
| Charlie Corwin | Producer |
| Clara Markowicz | Producer |
| Greg Johnson | Executive Producer |
| Jennifer Roth | Co-Producer |
| Miranda Bailey | Executive Producer |
| Peter Newman | Producer |
| Reverge Anselmo | Executive Producer |
| Wes Anderson | Producer |
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