A slice of family life: sisters, husbands, children, history, secrets, jealousies. Margot and her teen son, Claude, travel from Manhattan to her family’s Long Island home, occupied by sister Pauline, Pauline’s daughter, and Malcolm, the slacker Pauline will marry outdoors that week under a tree neighbors want removed. Backbiting marks family discussion, particularly between the sisters and in Margot’s cutting remarks to Claude. Pauline tells Margot a secret that Margot promptly tells Claude. Margot dislikes Malcolm and undermines him. She also has marital problems and a lover nearby. People are cruel, inside and outside their families. Is there a refuge for Margot or for Pauline?
Release Date: 14 December 2007Runtime: 93 min
Stars:
- Brian Kelley
- Christian Hansen
- Ciarán Hinds
- Enid Graham
- Flora Cross
- Jack Black
- Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Justin Roth
- Matthew Arkin
- Michael Cullen
- Nicole Kidman
- Seth Barrish
- Sophie Nyweide
- Susan Blackwell
- Zane Pais
Director: Noah Baumbach
