Arcadia (2012 film)
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| Directed by | Olivia Silver |
| Written by | Olivia Silver |
| Produced by | Julien Favre Jai Stefan Silenn Thomas |
| Starring | John Hawkes Ryan Simpkins Ty Simpkins Kendall Toole |
| Cinematography | Eric Lin |
| Edited by | Jennifer Lee |
| Music by | The Low Anthem |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Arcadia is a 2012 American drama film written and directed by Olivia Silver, produced by A Poisson Rouge Pictures and DViant Films. It won the Crystal Bears, Generation Kplus at 2012 Berlinale[1] and the Grand Prize at the Cine Junior Festival.[2]
Premise
[edit]Twelve-year-old Greta's dad Tom is moving the kids cross-country, promising a California paradise and packing half the household into a dented station wagon. Mom is supposed to join them later. But as they travel through forests, plains and deserts, stopping at fast food joints, shoddy motels, and a poor substitute for the Grand Canyon, Greta gradually realizes that her family is falling apart.
Cast
[edit]- John Hawkes as Tom
- Ryan Simpkins as Greta
- Ty Simpkins as Nat
- Kendall Toole as Caroline
Critical reception
[edit]Arcadia scored highly with critics, and played to sold out theaters at the Berlin Film Festival. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times wrote: "Ms. Silver’s ability to translate the liminal into cinematic terms, to catch those moments between innocence and knowing, childhood and adulthood, unforgiving and forgiving, makes her someone to watch".
Awards and nominations
[edit]- 62nd Berlin International Film Festival
- Crystal Bear, Generation Kplus[1][3]
- 23rd Cine Junior Festival
- 13th Woodstock Film Festival
- Official selection[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Prizes of the International Jury 2012". Berlinale. February 19, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
- ^ a b c "Prizes at the Cine Junior Festival". March 18, 2013. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
- ^ "'Caesar Must Die' wins Golden Bear". Variety. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- ^ "Selection at Woodstock Festival".
External links
[edit]- 2012 films
- 2010s drama road movies
- American drama road movies
- American independent films
- 2012 independent films
- Films about dysfunctional families
- Films shot in California
- Films set in the United States
- Films set in the 2010s
- 2012 directorial debut films
- 2012 drama films
- 2010s English-language films
- 2010s American films
- English-language independent films