New Delhi: Directed by Roman Polanski – ‘Carnage’ is a dark comedy that works on the power of razor sharp wit. The movie is being called one of the best comedies of the year – but ‘Carnage’ is not for the slapstick lovers.
Based on the French play ‘God of Carnage’ written by Yasmina Reza. Polanski shifts the action from Paris to Brooklyn and transforms Jodie Foster, John C Reilly, Kate Winslet and Christoph Waltz in to two sets of bickering American parents.
According to the plot Alan and Nancy Cowan (Waltz and Winslet) visit the house of Michael and Penelope Longstreet (Reilly and Foster). The Cowan and the Longstreet boys got in to a fight at the playground which resulted in Nancy and Alan’s son hitting Michael and Penelope’s son with a stick. The parents meet in the Longstreet house to settle the matter amicably.
The plan was to keep the interaction brief but due to various circumstances the time the couples spend together keep getting extended. Initially the verbal exchange is civil but as differences start emerging the couples turn on each other and then amongst themselves. The verbal duel lays their characters bare exposing the flaws and the issues.
And keeping to the tradition of biting irony in dark comedies – the boys end up reconciling their differences on the playground minus the help of the adults who are bickering amongst themselves – and play time continues.
The screenplay of ‘Carnage’ has been written by Roman Polanski and Yasmina Reza. ‘Carnage’ has been produced by Saïd Ben Saïd, Oliver Berben and Martin Moszkowicz.
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