American Pastoral

Oct 20, 2016

1h 48m

★ 6.2

A radically ordinary story.

Overview

Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their family.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

TIK Films

Lakeshore Entertainment

Lionsgate

American Pastoral Trailers

Cast

Swede Levov

Ewan McGregor

Dawn Levov

Jennifer Connelly

Merry Levov

Dakota Fanning

Nathan Zuckerman

David Strathairn

Lou Levov

Peter Riegert

Jerry Levov

Rupert Evans

Vicky

Uzo Aduba

Sheila Smith

Molly Parker

Rita Cohen

Valorie Curry

Merry (12 years old)

Hannah Nordberg

Sylvia Levov

Julia Silverman

Agent Dolan

Mark Hildreth

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