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Playground: Full Cast & Crew 2022 Drama
In this debut feature by writer-director Laura Wandel, the everyday reality of grade school is seen from a child's-eye-view as an obstacle course of degradation and abuse. Following 7-year-old Nora and her big brother Abel, we see Nora struggling to fit in before finding her place on the schoolyard. One day, she notices Abel being bullied by other kids, and though she rushes to protect him by warning their father, Abel forces her to remain silent, while he endures more humiliation and harassment by his peers. Transposing the gritty realism of such filmmakers as Jacques Audiard and the Dardennes Brothers to the inner world of kids, Wandel crafts an empathetic and visceral portrait of the cruelty of children, and the failure of adults to protect them. Shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best International Film. Released: Feb 11, 2022 See Movie Details

Cast & Crew

All Cast Crew
Laura Wandel Director, Screenwriter Maya Vanderbeque Nora Actor Günter Duret Abel Actor Karim Leklou Finnigan Actor Laura Verlinden Agnes Actor Simon Caudry Antoine Actor Lena Girard Voss Clémence Actor Thao Maerten rôle David Actor Laurent Capelluto Le père d'Antoine Actor Stéphane Lhoest Producer Frédéric Noirhomme Cinematographer Nicolas Rumpl Film Editor Philippe Bertin Production Design Vanessa Evrard Costume Designer