Margot at the Wedding
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Margot at the Wedding is a 2007 tragicomedy written and directed by Noah Baumbach. It is the follow-up to his The Squid and the Whale.
Plot
Margot (Nicole Kidman) is a successful but neurotic writer who brings her 11-year-old son Claude (Zane Pais) to spend a weekend visiting her free-spirited sister Pauline (Jennifer Jason Leigh) on the eve of her wedding to Malcolm (Jack Black). Margot disapproves of Pauline's choice of fiancée, which causes tension between the two sisters.
Cast
- Nicole Kidman as Margot
- Jennifer Jason Leigh as Pauline
- Jack Black as Malcolm
- Zane Pais as Claude
- John Turturro as Jim
- Ciarán Hinds as Dick Koosman
Production
Baumbach has mentioned that the film is influenced by the style of French writer-director Eric Rohmer, who is known for his character-driven, relationship-based comic dramas like Ma nuit chez Maud, Le Genou de Claire, Pauline à la plage and Le Rayon vert. Many of Rohmer's films also deal with strained family relationships and awkward courtships, and often involve summer vacations. The script's working title was Nicole at the Beach, but it was changed when Kidman signed on to avoid confusion.
Margot at the Wedding was shot from April-June 2006 in various New York locations including Shelter Island, Hampton Bays, East Quogue, Long Island and City Island, Bronx.
