The Squid And The Whale
Role: Lili Thorn
Director: Noah Baumbach
Writer: Noah Baumbach
Release: October 5th, 2005
Rating: R
Runtime: 81 min
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Filming Locations: Brooklyn, NY

Links: Official Site, Photo Gallery, IMDB
 

 
Cast:
Owen Kline, Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg, William Baldwin, Halley Feiffer

Sypnosis:
Bernard Berkman, the patriarch of an eccentric Brooklyn family, claims to have been a famous novelist but is now reduced to teaching. His wife Joan discovers a literary talent of her own, and it breaks up the family, leaving the two teenage sons, Walt, 16, and Frank, 12, divided between their parents. The wife starts an affair with her younger son’s tennis coach, while the husband starts sleeping with a student whom his elder son is courting.

Other Info:
- 23 day shoot
- The story was inspired and influenced by Noah Baumbach’s childhood
- Anna played Jeff Daniel’s daughter in Fly Away Home and his love interest in this film