This portrait of a marriage breaking up and a family staying together draws the rapid tangling and gradual untangling of impetuosity, resentment, and abiding love between a married couple (actor Nicole and playwright Charlie) negotiating their divorce and the custody of their son.
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver, Laura Dern, Alan Alda, Ray Liotta, Azhy Robertson, Julie Hagerty, Merritt Wever, Wallace Shawn, Martha Kelly, Mark O'Brien, Matthew Shear, Brooke Bloom, Kyle Bornheimer, Mickey Sumner, Robert Smigel, Rich Fulcher, Lucas Neff, Tunde Adebimpe
Released by Netflix, the film premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Festival on August 29, 2019, and began a limited theatrical release on November 6, followed by digital streaming on December 6.
Marriage Story received critical acclaim, particularly for Baumbach's screenplay and direction and the performances of Johansson, Driver and Dern.
Among its numerous accolades, the film received six nominations at the 92nd Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Driver), Best Actress (Johansson) and Best Original Screenplay. For her performance, Dern won the Academy Award, the Golden Globe, the Screen Actors Guild Award, the BAFTA Award and the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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Title: Marriage Story (2019)
Directed by: Noah Baumbach
Date of birth: 3 September 1969, New York City, U.S.
Writing credits:
Noah Baumbach
Music by: Randy Newman
Country: United States | United Kingdom
Language: English
Color: Color
Runtime: 137 min.