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Carnage

Name: Carnage
Director: Roman Polanski
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2011
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, John C. Reilly, Elvis Polanski

Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.

2011 · Directed by Roman Polanski · 80 min · Comedy · Drama · 8 frames

Tagline

A new comedy of no manners.

Crew

Screenplay: Roman Polanski, Yasmina Reza
Written by: Yasmina Reza
Cinematography: Paweł Edelman
Edited by: Hervé de Luze
Music: Alexandre Desplat
Production design: Dean Tavoularis
Produced by: Saïd Ben Saïd

Cast

Jodie Foster as Penelope Longstreet
Kate Winslet as Nancy Cowan
Christoph Waltz as Alan Cowan
John C. Reilly as Michael Longstreet
Elvis Polanski as Zachary Cowan
Eliot Berger as Ethan Longstreet
Joseph Rezwin as Walter (voice)
Nathan Rippy as Dennis (voice)
Tanya Lopert as Michael's Mother (voice)
Julie Adams as Secretary (voice)

Production

Country: France, Germany, Poland, Spain, United States of America
Language: English
Studios: SBS Productions, Constantin Film, Versátil Cinema, Zanagar Films
Budget: $25,000,000
Box office: $30,722,632
Themes: flat, hamster, dark comedy, vomit, based on play or musical, insult, writer, tulips, meeting, puke

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More by Roman Polanski

Bitter Moon — 1992
Death and the Maiden — 1994
Frantic — 1988
Tess — 1979
Macbeth — 1971
The Ghost Writer — 2010
Repulsion — 1965
The Tenant — 1976
Pirates — 1986
Knife in the Water — 1962
Venus in Fur — 2013
The Fearless Vampire Killers — 1967
The Pianist — 2002
The Ninth Gate — 1999
Rosemary's Baby — 1968
Chinatown — 1974

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