Synopsis
After months of being alone, sad, busy, sidetracked, free, lofty, late and away from his kids, Lenny, 34 with graying frazzled hair, picks his kids up from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9, and Frey, 7. Lenny juggles his kids and his life, all within a midtown studio apartment in New York City. He ultimately faces the choice of being their father or their friend all with the idea that these two weeks must last six months. In these two weeks, a trip upstate, visitors from strange lands, a mother, a girlfriend, “magic” blankets, and complete lawlessness seem to take over their lives. The film is a swan song to excuses and responsibilities; to fatherhood and self-created experiences, and to what it’s like to be truly torn between being a child and being an adult.
Credits
Actors (4)
Production and distribution (3)
- Co-production : Dulac Productions
- Foreign production company : Neistat Scott & Associates
- French distribution : Dulac Distribution
Full credits (8)
- Screenwriters : Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie
- Directors of Photography : Brett Jutkiewicz, Josh Safdie
- Editors : Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie, Brett Jutkiewicz
- Sound recordists : Zachary Treitz, Benny Safdie
- Co-producers : Sophie Dulac, Michel Zana
- Press Attaché (film) : Annie Maurette
- Production Designer : Sam Lisenco
- French Distributor : Michel Zana
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy
- Production language : English
- Coproducer countries : France, United States
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 2009
- French release : 28/04/2010
- Runtime : 1 h 40 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 123.949
- Visa issue date : 25/03/2010
- Approval :
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SR
- Rating restrictions : None