Film & Beyond
The Squid and the Whale
Noah Baumbach / United States / 2005 / 81 min
English / Subtitles English
English / Subtitles English
In the presence of:
- Yoann Lemoine Woodkid the 12 November 2020 - 21:15
Bernard and Joan, an intellectual couple. Two children, a comfortable apartment in Brooklyn. Everything explodes one night when they decide to separate. “It’s a film with which I identify a lot. Its simplicity, its tone and atmosphere left a lasting impression on me.” Woodkid’s choice.
“The film just grabs you throughout and, in the end, it leaves you feeling weightless. I didn’t want people to have time between two emotions”. Noah Baumbach made this quasi-autobiographical film after writing The Life Aquatic for Wes Anderson. Shot in 24 days in S16 mm, the camera spins around in the Brooklyn of his childhood. 1986, parents are divorcing, their children are asked to take sides. Scores are settled in scathing dialogues. A funny and cruel opus which brought the filmmaker recognition.
Direction
Noah Baumbach
Screenplay
Noah Baumbach
Image
Robert D. Yeoman
Editing
Tim Streeto
Music
Britta Phillips, Dean Wareham
Production
Peter Newman Productions (Peter Newman), American Empirical Pictures (Wes Anderson), Charlie Corwin, Clara Markowicz
With
Owen Kline, Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg
International sales
Park Circus (Marthe Rolland)
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