Synecdoche, New York

A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.

Cast

Philip Seymour Hoffman

as Caden Cotard

Samantha Morton

as Hazel

Michelle Williams

as Claire Keen

Catherine Keener

as Adele Lack

Emily Watson

as Tammy

Dianne Wiest

as Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems

Jennifer Jason Leigh

as Maria

Hope Davis

as Madeleine Gravis

Tom Noonan

as Sammy Barnathan

Sadie Goldstein

as Olive (4 years old)

Reviews

onthesilverglobe

This truly is a film about everything, and everyone. It is a film about conscious existence and subconscious being, a film about love, a film about death, and the art and emotion expanding in between the longing sonder and emptiness. Synecdoche, New York is sonder as meta-cinematic expression. Life ...

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