Movies / The Squid and the Whale (2005)

5/10

Runtime: 81 min

Genres: Comedy Drama

Languages: English

Countries: USA


Bernard Berkman, the patriarch of an eccentric Brooklyn family, claims to have been a famous novelist but is now reduced to teaching. His wife Joan discovers a literary talent of her own, and it breaks up the family, leaving the two teenage sons, Walt, 16, and Frank, 12, divided between their parents. The wife starts an affair with her younger son's tennis coach, while the husband starts sleeping with a student whom his elder son is courting.


Directors (1) Credit
Noah Baumbach ...
Writers (1) Credit
Noah Baumbach (written by)
Composers (2) Credit
Britta Phillips ...
Dean Wareham ...
Editors (1) Credit
Tim Streeto ...
Cinematographers (1) Credit
Robert D. Yeoman (director of photography)
Actors (41) Credit
Adam Rose Otto
Alan Wilkis Graduate Student (as Alan Wilks)
Alexandra Daddario Pretty Girl
Amy Srebnick Graduate Student
Anna Paquin Lili
Benjamin Smolen Student with Puppets
Ben Schrank Graduate Student
Bo Berkman Graduate Student
Daniella Markowicz Graduate Student
David Benger Carl
Eli Gelb Jeffrey
Elizabeth Meriwether Graduate Student
Emma Straub Graduate Student
Greta Kline Greta Greenberg
Halley Feiffer Sophie Greenberg
Hector Otero Hector
Henry Glovinsky Lance
James Hamilton Man with Joan
Jeff Daniels Bernard Berkman
Jesse Eisenberg Walt Berkman
Josh Srebnick Graduate Student
Jo Yang Nurse
Joyce DeWitt Janet Wood (archive footage) (uncredited)
Juan Torriente Talent Show Judge
Ken Leung School Therapist
Laura Linney Joan Berkman
Maryann Plunkett Ms. Lemon
Matthew Kaplan Graduate Student
Matthew Kirsch Graduate Student
Melissa Meyer Professor
Michael Countryman Mr. Simic
Michael Santiago Talent Show Judge
Molly Barton Graduate Student
Nico Baumbach Jeb Gelber
Owen Kline Frank Berkman
Patricia Towers Talent Show Judge
Peggy Gormley Mrs. Greenberg
Peter Newman Mr. Greenberg
Simon Kaplan Graduate Student
Wayne Lawson Talent Show Judge
William Baldwin Ivan