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Tragic

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FILM DETAILS

Certificate TBC

Cast Michelle Williams Philip Seymour Hoffman Tilda Swinton Samantha Morton Hope Davis Catherine Keener

Directors Charlie Kaufman

Screenwriters Charlie Kaufman

Running Time 124 minutes

Synecdoche, New York (TBC)

Plot
After winning a MacArthur Genius Grant, theatre director Caden Cotard (Hoffman) relocates to a giant New York warehouse where he buries himself in a theatrical epic about his own life — for the rest of his life.

Verdict
Astonishing. Kaufman has surpassed himself with a film that will delight and confound. You will want to see it again. And again.


Reviewer: Andrew Male

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