Synecdoche, New York is a 2008 American film written and directed by Charlie Kaufman. The film is Kaufman's directorial debut.
It premiered in competition at the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 23, 2008 and went into limited theatrical release in the U.S. on October 24, 2008.
The film takes its name from a juxtaposition of the real-life city of Schenectady, New York, where much of the film is set, and the concept of synecdoche, wherein a ...
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Synecdoche, New York is a 2008 American film written and directed by Charlie Kaufman. The film is Kaufman's directorial debut.
It premiered in competition at the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 23, 2008 and went into limited theatrical release in the U.S. on October 24, 2008.
The film takes its name from a juxtaposition of the real-life city of Schenectady, New York, where much of the film is set, and the concept of synecdoche, wherein a whole is referred to by means of its parts or the parts by means of the whole.
Caden Cotard, a theatre director producing a version of Death of a Salesman in which he casts young actors in the roles of Willy and Linda Loman, finds his life unraveling. Suffering from numerous physical ailments, he is depressed and alienated from his wife Adele and is having an unconsummated flirtation with Hazel, the woman who works in the box office. His nadir is reached when Adele leaves him for a new life in Berlin, taking their daughter Olive with her.
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