Carnage (2011)

79 min · Marital Tragedy, Satire, Tragic Comedy Film, black comedy film

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Directors

Roman Polański

Cast

Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Elvis Polanski, Eliot Berger, Joseph Rezwin

The story

When two grade-school boys get into a fight in the park that results in one boy, Zachary Cowan, hitting the other, Ethan Longstreet, in the face with a stick, their parents meet in a Brooklyn apartment to discuss the matter. Zachary's parents, Alan (Christoph Waltz) and Nancy Cowan (Kate Winslet), visit the home of Michael (John C. Reilly) and Penelope Longstreet (Jodie Foster), Ethan's parents.

Catalogue themes and tags

2011, Activist, Antiautoritarian Upbringing, Beating, Bourgeoisie, Choleriker, Coca-Cola, Discussion, Double Moral Standard, Drunk, Education, Ehefrau, Ehepaar, Erniedrigung, Eskalation, Fellow Student, Fight, Friedlich, Gathering, Gegenwart, Genervtsein, Honesty, Husband, Husband Wife Relationship, Hysteria, Insult, Irreconcilability, Malice, Marital Problems, Marital Row, Marriage, Marriage Crisis, Moral, Mother Son Relationship, New York, New Yorker, Patience, Provocation, Remorse, Schoolmate, Schuld und Sühne, Scotch whisky, Sense of Guilt, Son, Verantwortung, Verstrickung, Whiskey, vater-sohn, Drama, Comedy

Genres

Marital Tragedy, Satire, Tragic Comedy Film, black comedy film

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