A radically ordinary story.
Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and raw.
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- classical in formformally daring
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- Renoon TMDB · Nov 20176/10
**About a father who never gave up on his daughter!** The book was from the 90s and the story is about the 60s. Narrated from the father's perspective, that's what I think did not work in this film. This is where a film and the book does not synch. Because books are always very detail when it describes a person. In the films, they are just a simple visual where viewers have to focus on those details to have a perfect impression like the book. So I totally point out to the writer who did not quite transformed the point of the storytelling. It is not the parents to decide what their kids want to be. The film opened with a couple ready to get married, arguing with their elders about something. Soon it forwards to a few years where their relationship with their daughter seems not good. Further, they become more distant and completely lose her for the unrest in the society and the nation. But father never gives up. His love and care for her leads the way and what comes later is even more disturbing before it all ends. It was Ewan McGregor's directional debut. I don't think he would try it again, not any time soon. But I would appreciate his quality of filmmaking. He only needs a better
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Cast
- Ewan McGregorSwede Levov
- Jennifer ConnellyDawn Levov
- Dakota FanningMerry Levov
- David StrathairnNathan Zuckerman
- Peter RiegertLou Levov
- Rupert EvansJerry Levov
- Uzo AdubaVicky
- Molly ParkerSheila Smith
- Valorie CurryRita Cohen
- Hannah NordbergMerry (12 years old)
Crew
- Ewan McGregorDirector
- John RomanoScreenplay
- Philip RothNovel
- Martin RuheDirector of Photography
- Alexandre DesplatOriginal Music Composer
- Melissa KentEditor
- Gary LucchesiProducer
- Tom RosenbergProducer
- Andre LamalProducer
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