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New Orleans Film Society

Margaret

USA 150 min.

Director, Writer
Kenneth Lonergan
Producers
Gary Gilbert, Sydney Pollack, Scott Rudin
Cinematographer
Ryszard Lenczewski
Editor
Anne McCabe
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Synopsis

Margaret centers on a 17-year-old New York City high-school student (Anna Paquin) who feels certain that she inadvertently played a role in a traffic accident that has claimed a woman’s life. In her attempts to set things right, she meets opposition at every step. Torn apart with frustration, she begins emotionally brutalizing her family, her friends, her teachers, and most of all, herself. She has been confronted quite unexpectedly with a basic truth: that her youthful ideals are on a collision course against the realities and compromises of the adult world. Also starring Mark Ruffalo and Matt Damon.