MOVIE SYNOPSIS

Robert BENTON - Kramer vs. Kramer


RELEASE DATE 1979

CAST Dustin Hoffman (Ted Kramer), Meryl Streep (Joanna Kramer), Jane Alexander, Justin Henry (Billy Kramer)

GENRE drama

RUNNING TIME 100 mn

DIRECTOR Robert Benton

SCREENPLAY adaptation of Avery Corman's novel

AWARDS 5 oscars

SYNOPSIS
Ted Kramer and Joanna Kramer are from New York. They have been married for over 7 years and have one son, Billy. When dutiful wife and mother Joanna decides to leave Ted, an advertising executive, she also leaves him with the responsibility of caring for their young son, Billy. The situation proves to be especially difficult since the workaholic father has never really taken care of the boy and, in truth, barely knows him. Things are rough at first, but as the two become accustomed to life without Joanna and Ted's caretaking skills improve, father and son finally develop a relationship. As Ted devotes more time to his son and less to his work, however, the latter suffers, and Ted's subsequent firing coincides with the return of Joanna, who wants her son back.



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