"Margaret" centers on a 17-year-old New York City high-school student who feels certain that she inadvertently played a role in a traffic accident that has claimed a woman's life. In her attempts to set things right she meets with opposition at every step. Torn apart with frustration, she begins emotionally brutalizing her family, her friends, her teachers, and most of all, herself. She has been confronted quite unexpectedly with a basic truth: that her youthful ideals are on a collision course against the realities and compromises of the adult world.
Release:
2011
Studio:
Fox Searchlight and
Camelot Pictures
Genre:
Drama
Rating:
Running Time:
minutes
Writer:
Kenneth Lonergan
Producer:
Scott Rudin, Gary Gilbert and Sydney Pollack
Director:
Kenneth Lonergan
Cast:
Matthew Broderick..... Andrew Van Tassel Anna Paquin..... Lisa Cohen Matt Damon..... Mr. Aaron J. Smith Cameron..... Joan Mark Ruffalo..... Jason Berstone Jean Reno..... Ramon
"Margaret" centers on a 17-year-old New York City high-school student who feels certain that she inadvertently played a role in a traffic accident that has claimed a woman's life. In her attempts to set things right she meets with opposition at every step. Torn apart with frustration, she begins emotionally brutalizing her family, her friends, her teachers, and most of all, herself. She has been confronted quite unexpectedly with a basic truth: that her youthful ideals are on a collision course against the realities and compromises of the adult world.