Synopse
After five touristy years, Woody Allen is finally telling another of his typical New York stories. It centres on the eccentric quantum physician Boris Yellnikof (Larry David), who is bemoaning his life. He was almost awarded the Nobel Prize, his wife has left him, and now he teaches children to play chess. When the young runaway Melody (Evan Rachel Wood) moves in with him, his life is turned upside down. Especially when her parents (Patricia Clarkson, Ed Begley Jr.) show up from the deep South… A warm-hearted comedy, critical of America and full of the fulminant, sweeping blows that are so characteristic of Woody Allen.
Regie
WOODY ALLEN (*1935) has made more than 50 films as writer and director. Annie Hall (1977), Hannah and her Sisters (1984) and Midnight in Paris (2011) all won Oscars.
Info
Original Title: Whatever Works
International Title: Whatever Works
Category: Feature
Section: Agenda 09
Version & Subtitles: English OV
Director & Screenplay: Woody Allen
Cast/Protagonists: Ed Begley Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood
Production country: United States
Year of Production: 2009
Length: 92 min
Producer: Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum
Production company: Sony Pictures Classics
Cinematography: Harris Savides
Editor: Alisa Lepselter
Production Design: Santo Loquasto
World Sales: Wild Bunch International (bis 2022)
Distributor: Wild Bunch Germany GmbH
