
The Mastermind(2025)
In a sedate Massachusetts suburb circa 1970, unemployed family man and amateur art thief J.B. Mooney sets out on his first heist. With the museum cased and accomplices recruited, he has an airtight plan. Or so he thinks.


“A radically ordinary story.”
Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family.

Ewan McGregor
Swede Levov

Jennifer Connelly
Dawn Levov

Dakota Fanning
Merry Levov

David Strathairn
Nathan Zuckerman

Peter Riegert
Lou Levov

Rupert Evans
Jerry Levov

Uzo Aduba
Vicky

Molly Parker
Sheila Smith

Valorie Curry
Rita Cohen

Hannah Nordberg
Merry (12 years old)
American Pastoral is a crime, drama film released in 2016 exploring themes of vietnam war, husband wife relationship, based on novel or book, parent child relationship, 1970s, political activism. Directed by Ewan McGregor, it stars Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connelly, Dakota Fanning. Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family.
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