Carnage is a movie directed by Roman Polanski in 2011 and based on the play The God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, first published in 2007. The movie features Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Eliot Berger, Lexie Kendrick, and others.
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Storyline
When two grade-school boys get into a fight in the park that results in one boy, Zachary Cowan, hitting the other, Ethan Longstreet, in the face with a stick, their parents meet in a Brooklyn apartment to discuss the matter. In fact, Alan and Nancy begin to leave the apartment on two occasions, but are drawn back in to further discussion.
Movie vs Book
Year
2011
Minutes
80
Movie Rate
7.20
Source: IMDb
Year
2007
Pages
80
Book Rate
7.62
S: Goodreads
Book
The God of Carnage
Original title: Le dieu du carnage
Author: Yasmina Reza
Country: France
First published in: 2007
Length: 80 pages
Genre: Play
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