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7.2Two 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.
Released: 2011-09-1680 minDir: Roman PolanskiComedy, Drama
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
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Roman Polanski
- Screenplay by
- Yasmina Reza Roman Polanski
- Based on
- Le Dieu du carnage , by Yasmina Reza
- Produced by
- Saïd Ben Saïd
- Starring
- Jodie Foster Kate Winslet Christoph Waltz John C. Reilly
- Cinematography
- Paweł Edelman
- Edited by
- Hervé de Luze
- Music by
- Alexandre Desplat
- Production companies
- SBS Productions Constantin Film Produktion SPI Film Studio Versátil Cinema Zanagar Films France 2 Cinéma
- Distributed by
- Wild Bunch (France) Constantin Film (Germany) Kino Świat (Poland) Alta Films (Spain) SBS Productions (International)
- Release dates
- 1 September 2011 ( 2011-09-01 ) ( Venice ) 18 November 2011 ( 2011-11-18 ) (Spain) 24 November 2011 ( 2011-11-24 ) (Germany) 7 December 2011 ( 2011-12-07 ) (France) 20 January 2012 ( 2012-01-20 ) (Poland)
Key dates
- Published
- 7 December 2011
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- massacre
- Participant in
- 25th European Film Awards
- Genre
- black comedy film
- Country of origin
- Poland
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- God of Carnage
- Main subject
- hypocrisy
- Director
- Roman Polanski
- Screenwriter
- Roman Polanski
Article
Carnage is a 2011 black comedy film directed by Roman Polanski, based on the Tony Award-winning 2006 play Le Dieu du carnage by French playwright Yasmina Reza. The screenplay is by Reza and Polanski. The film is an international co-production of France, Germany, Poland, and Spain. It stars Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, and John C. Reilly. In this comedy of errors, two sets of parents try to resolve a situation in a civilised manner as their idiosyncrasies rise to the surface.
Carnage premiered at the 2011 Venice International Film Festival on 1 September 2011, where it competed for the Golden Lion. It was theatrically released on 18 November 2011. The film received positive reviews, with critics praising the performances of the cast and Polanski's direction. At the 69th Golden Globe Awards, Foster and Winslet received nominations for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. It was Polanski's last film to be shot in English until The Palace in 2023.