
Marriage Story(2019)
A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.


A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.

Philip Seymour Hoffman
Caden Cotard

Samantha Morton
Hazel

Michelle Williams
Claire Keen

Catherine Keener
Adele Lack

Emily Watson
Tammy

Dianne Wiest
Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems

Jennifer Jason Leigh
Maria

Hope Davis
Madeleine Gravis

Tom Noonan
Sammy Barnathan

Sadie Goldstein
Olive (4 years old)
Synecdoche, New York is a drama film released in 2008 exploring themes of depression, new york city, nihilism, philosophy, surreal, surrealism. Directed by Charlie Kaufman, it stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams. A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
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