The Descendants
Filmfest 2015
USA 2011
Original version
(Original: English)
Director: Alexander Payne
A sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while he wrestles with a decision to sell the family's land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries. It was nominated five times at the 2012 Academy Awards: Best Director, Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Editing and Best Adapted Screenplay (which it won).
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Please note: On June 26 at 7:30 PM this film (115 Min.) will be screened during the event Gala: Alexander Payne.
Cast: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause, Patricia Hastie
Credits
Screenplay: Alexander Payne, Mat Faxon, Jim Rash
Original Material: Kaui Hart Hemmings
Director of Photography: Phedon Papamichael
Film Editor: Kevin Tent
Composer: Dondi Bastone, Eugene Kulikov
Production Designer: Jane Ann Stewart
Costume Design: Wendy Chuck
Sound: José Antonio García
Producer: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
Production Company: Ad Hominem Enterprises Production
Co-Producer: George Parra
Co-Production Company: Dune Entertainment
Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox of Germany GmbH
Director: Alexander Payne
