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Carnage is a 2011 black comedy film directed by Roman Polanski, who co-wrote the screenplay with Yasmina Reza. The film is based on Reza’s work God of Carnage and stars Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, and John C. Reilly. It was produced by Reza and Saïd Ben Saïd, with Alexandre Desplat composing the score and Paweł Edelman serving as director of photography. The narrative is set in New York and Brooklyn, though filming took place in Paris.
The production involved Constantin Film, SBS Productions, Versátil Cinema, Zanagar Films, and France 2 Cinéma, originating from France, Germany, Spain, and Poland. The film has a runtime of 80 minutes and was released on September 16, 2011. Its main subject is hypocrisy. Carnage received a rating of 7.1 on IMDb and 7.171 on TMDb, with a reported budget of 25,000,000 and revenue of 30,722,632.
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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.
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
Themes
- flat
- hamster
- dark comedy
- vomit
- based on play or musical
- insult
- writer
- tulips
- meeting
- puke
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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)
- Running time
- 80 minutes
- Countries
- France Germany Poland Spain
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $25 million
- Box office
- $30 million
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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