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Noah Baumbach, the many times Oscar nominee, director of successes such as Marriage Story (2019), returns to the big screen with his long awaited adaptation of Don Delillo's masterpiece White Noise.
The film dramatizes the everyday life and relationships of a contemporary American family. Jack Gladney is the father of the family and husband to Babette, with whom he has four children. Jack is a professor of Hitler studies at The-College-on-the-Hill who is torn asunder by a chemical spill from a rail car that releases an “Airborne Toxic Event”, forcing Jack to confront his biggest fear - his own mortality.
The film dramatizes the everyday life and relationships of a contemporary American family. Jack Gladney is the father of the family and husband to Babette, with whom he has four children. Jack is a professor of Hitler studies at The-College-on-the-Hill who is torn asunder by a chemical spill from a rail car that releases an “Airborne Toxic Event”, forcing Jack to confront his biggest fear - his own mortality.
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Cast:
Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle, Raffey Cassidy, Sam Nivola, May Nivola, Jodie Turner-Smith, André L. Benjamin, Lars Eidinger -
Original Title:
White Noise -
Country:
United States of America -
Year:
2022 - 136' EN, Subtitles: PT
Director
Noah Baumbach
Noah Baumbach is an American director, writer and producer, born in 1969, in Brooklyn, New York City. He received Academy Award nominations for writing his films The Squid and the Whale (2005) and Marriage Story (2019), both of which he also directed. The first one made him one of the few screenwriters to ever sweep “The Big Four” critics awards: Los Angeles Film Critics Association, National Board of Review, New York Film Critics Circle, and National Society of Film Critics.
He has written and directed a number of other films, including Margot at the Wedding (2007), While We We are Young (2014) and The Meyerowitz Stories (2017). He is also known for his collaborations with his partner Greta Gerwig in Greenberg (2010), Frances Ha (2013), Mistress America (2015), as well as with Wes Anderson, co-writing The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), and Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009).
His new film White Noise (2022) is an adaptation of the famous novel by Don Delillo and stars Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig. It is part of the official selection of LEFFEST22.
He has written and directed a number of other films, including Margot at the Wedding (2007), While We We are Young (2014) and The Meyerowitz Stories (2017). He is also known for his collaborations with his partner Greta Gerwig in Greenberg (2010), Frances Ha (2013), Mistress America (2015), as well as with Wes Anderson, co-writing The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), and Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009).
His new film White Noise (2022) is an adaptation of the famous novel by Don Delillo and stars Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig. It is part of the official selection of LEFFEST22.
