Plot
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.
Cast
Jeff Daniels
Bernard Berkman
Laura Linney
Joan Berkman
Jesse Eisenberg
Walt Berkman
Owen Kline
Frank Berkman
William Baldwin
Ivan
Halley Feiffer
Sophie Greenberg
Anna Paquin
Lili
David Benger
Carl
Molly Barton
Graduate Student
Bo Berkman
Graduate Student
Matthew Kaplan
Graduate Student
Simon Kaplan
Graduate Student
Crew
Robert D. Yeoman
Director of Photography
Dean Wareham
Original Music Composer
Clara Markowicz
Producer
Peter Newman
Producer
Britta Phillips
Original Music Composer
Charlie Corwin
Producer
Noah Baumbach
Director
Wes Anderson
Producer
Noah Baumbach
Writer
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