Movie: "The Squid and the Whale"
| Release Date: | Jan 2005 |
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| Genres: | Drama / Comedy |
| Awards | Nominated for Oscar. Another 13 wins & 24 nominations |
| Runtime: | 81 min. |
| Cast: | Owen Kline (Frank Berkman), Jeff Daniels (Bernard Berkman) Laura Linney (Joan Berkman) Jesse Eisenberg (Walt Berkman) William Baldwin (Ivan) David Benger (Carl) Anna Paquin (Lili) Molly Barton (Graduate Student) Bo Berkman (Graduate Student) Matthew Kaplan (Graduate Student) Simon Kaplan (Graduate Student) Matthew Kirsch (Graduate Student) Daniella Markowicz (Graduate Student) Elizabeth Meriwether (Graduate Student) Ben Schrank (Graduate Student) |
Storyline: 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.
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