Loew Film: The Descendants

Oscar Winner: Best Adapted Screenplay

Set in Hawaii, Alexander Payne’s (Sideways) new film is the sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey of Matt King (George Clooney): an indifferent husband and father who must to show up for life when his wife is hospitalized. Wrestling with his estranged young daughters and a decision to sell the family land, Matt must re-examine his past to embrace his future. D: Alexander Payne, US, 2011, 114 minutes

Programmed as part of the Saturday Loew arthouse series