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MOVIE2005 1h 21m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Bernard Berkman is an arrogant, once-promising novelist whose career has gone into a slow decline as he spends more time teaching and less time writing. His unfaithful wife, Joan, has recently begun publishing her own work to widespread acclaim, which only increases the growing tension between them. One day, Bernard and Joan tell their two sons, 16-year-old Walt and 12-year-old Frank, that they are separating, with Bernard renting a house on the other side of Prospect Park (Brooklyn) from their home in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Jeff Daniels
Bernard Berkman
Laura Linney
Joan Berkman
Jesse Eisenberg
Walt Berkman
Owen Kline
Frank Berkman
William Baldwin
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Anna Paquin
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Halley Feiffer
Sophie Greenberg
Elizabeth Meriwether
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