Little Children
In a New England suburb, two unhappy married parents drift into an affair while the neighbourhood fixates on a paroled sex offender.
Academy Awards, Adapted Screenplay and two acting nominations, 2007
In a comfortable New England suburb, Sarah and Brad, two stifled married parents, drift into an affair during long afternoons at the local playground and pool. Around them the neighbourhood is gripped by fear and vigilantism over a recently paroled sex offender who has moved back in with his mother.
The film braids suburban adultery with the psyche of a man defined by his transgression, working throughout with repression, shame, and the return of what has been disavowed. It asks how a community locates its own forbidden wishes in a designated outsider. It received Academy Award nominations for Adapted Screenplay and two acting categories in 2007, and is based on the novel Little Children by Tom Perrotta.
Director
Todd Field
Todd Field, born in 1964, is an American filmmaker and actor. He first worked as an actor, appearing in films such as Woody Allen's Radio Days and Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut. He later turned to directing, and his three feature films drew wide critical attention and multiple Academy Award nominations. He is known for In the Bedroom, released in 2001, Little Children, released in 2006, and Tar, released in 2022.
Details
- 2006
- United States
- English
- Film