Margot at the Wedding (2007)
The American comedy-drama film, Margot at the Wedding (2007), was both written and directed by Noah Baumbach. The main character, Margot, is a accomplished writer who is often preoccupied with her own thoughts and feelings. It is hinted that she may have borderline personality disorder. Margot decides to bring her 11-year-old son Claude with her for a weekend visit to her sister Pauline’s home on Long Island, New York. Pauline is set to marry Malcolm, an unrewarding musician whom Margot finds unappealing. During her stay in town, Margot participates in a public interview at a local bookstore with Dick Koosman, a successful writer who she is collaborating with on a screenplay. The house also sees the arrival of Dick’s teenage daughter Maisy for a visit.
Margot and Pauline’s relationship is tense. Margot disapproves of Pauline’s choices, such as marrying Malcolm and keeping her pregnancy a secret from both him and her daughter Ingrid. On the other hand, Pauline resents Margot for writing thinly veiled stories about her life and for supposedly causing her first marriage to fail. She is also upset that Margot shares private information, including the news of her pregnancy. Instead of addressing their issues directly, they take out their frustrations on their partners, Malcolm and Claude. This leads to two major conflicts: during Margot’s interview with Dick, personal questions are asked, leading to disaster; later on, Pauline confronts Malcolm about emails from one of her young students, which he admits involved a kiss with Maisy.
Date of download: 2015-11-11T17:22:34+00:00
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Nicole Kidman
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jack Black
John Turturro
Ciarán HindsThe American comedy-drama film, Margot at the Wedding (2007), was both written and directed by Noah Baumbach. The main character, Margot, is a accomplished writer who is often preoccupied with her own thoughts and feelings. It is hinted that she may have borderline personality disorder. Margot decides to bring her 11-year-old son Claude with her for a weekend visit to her sister Pauline’s home on Long Island, New York. Pauline is set to marry Malcolm, an unrewarding musician whom Margot finds unappealing. During her stay in town, Margot participates in a public interview at a local bookstore with Dick Koosman, a successful writer who she is collaborating with on a screenplay. The house also sees the arrival of Dick’s teenage daughter Maisy for a visit.
Margot and Pauline’s relationship is tense. Margot disapproves of Pauline’s choices, such as marrying Malcolm and keeping her pregnancy a secret from both him and her daughter Ingrid. On the other hand, Pauline resents Margot for writing thinly veiled stories about her life and for supposedly causing her first marriage to fail. She is also upset that Margot shares private information, including the news of her pregnancy. Instead of addressing their issues directly, they take out their frustrations on their partners, Malcolm and Claude. This leads to two major conflicts: during Margot’s interview with Dick, personal questions are asked, leading to disaster; later on, Pauline confronts Malcolm about emails from one of her young students, which he admits involved a kiss with Maisy.
