American Pastoral

American Pastoral

Seymour Levov is a law-abiding citizen, an ideal family man, a hardworking businessman who inherited a small business from his father. He is married to a former beauty queen, his daughter is a beauty. What else is needed for happiness? The main character enjoys, along with all the United States, post-war prosperity. But the sixties are coming. The world that Seymour was building is beginning to crumble. And even her own daughter deals a painful blow by choosing the path of political terror. Read more The script for the picture was written back in 2006, based on the book of the same name by Philip Roth. He wrote it in 1997 and won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. The director and performer of the main role in this film was Ewan McGregor. As an actor, he previously worked on such projects as "Star Wars: Episodes 1, 2, 3", "On the Needle" (1995), "Moulin Rouge" (2001), "The Island" (2005), "Ghost" (2009), "The Last Love on Earth" (2010), "The Impossible" (2012). In the director's chair, Yuen for the first time, if we do not take into account the fragment of the TV movie "Dungeon Stories" in 1999. Jennifer Connelly, winner of the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 2002 in Mind Games, and American actress Dakota Fanning also starred in the film. Jennifer is still known for her work in the films "Labyrinth" (1986), "Requiem for a Dream" (2000) and "Blood Diamond" (2006), and Dakota for the films "Anger" (2004), "The Dreamer" (2005), "The Secret Life of Bees" (2008) and "Now is the Time" (2012). The premiere of the film took place on September 9, 2016 at the film festival in Toronto, Canada. Film critics of the website https://www.rottentomatoes.com left only 13% positive reviews.