Philip Seymour Hoffman
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Plot. Theater director Caden Cotard finds his life unraveling. He suffers from numerous physical ailments and has been growing increasingly alienated from his artist wife, Adele. He hits bottom when Adele leaves him for a new life in Berlin, taking their four-year-old daughter, Olive, with her.
Nov 5, 2008 · "Synecdoche, New York" follows a life that ages from about 40 to 80 on that scale. Caden Cotard ( Philip Seymour Hoffman) is a theater director, with all of the hangups and self-pity, all the grandiosity and sniffles, all the arrogance and fear, typical of his job.
Life is looking bleak for theater director Caden Cotard. His wife and daughter have left him, his therapist is not helping him with his problems, and a strange disease is causing his body to shut down. As part of his new play, Caden decides to create a life-size replica of NYC inside a warehouse. — yusufpiskin.
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Oct 24, 2008 · Caden leaves his home in Schenectady, N.Y., and heads to New York City, where he gathers a cast of actors and tells them to live their lives within the constructs of a mock-up of the city.
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Mar 7, 2023 · Synecdoche, New York Ending Explained. By Shaurya Thapa. Published Mar 7, 2023. Link copied to clipboard. From the beginning to the ending, Charlie Kaufman’s directorial debut Synecdoche, New York is intensely cerebral. The film’s attempt at blurring the lines between reality and fiction provides it's leading man, Philip Seymour-Hoffman, to ...
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Oct 24, 2008 · Overview. A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play. Charlie Kaufman. Director, Screenplay. Full Cast & Crew.
Synecdoche, New York aches with sentiments on a life (and indeed all life) not fully lived and overly focused on analysis and reflection, offering rich commentary on remorse and alienation....
