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'Arcadia' is a 2012 American drama film written and directed by Olivia Silver, produced by A Poisson Rouge Pictures and DViant Films. It won the Crystal Bears, Generation Kplus at 2012 Berlinale and the Grand Prize at the Cine Junior Festival.

Premise



Twelve-year-old Greta's dad Tom is moving the kids cross-country, promising a California paradise and packing half the household into a dented station wagon. Mom is supposed to join them later. But as they travel through forests, plains and deserts, stopping at fast food joints, shoddy motels, and a poor substitute for the Grand Canyon, Greta gradually realizes that her family is falling apart.

Cast



* John Hawkes as Tom

* Ryan Simpkins as Greta

* Ty Simpkins as Nat

* Kendall Toole as Caroline

Critical reception



'Arcadia' scored highly with critics, and played to sold out theaters at the Berlin Film Festival. Manohla Dargis of 'The New York Times' wrote: "Ms. Silvers ability to translate the liminal into cinematic terms, to catch those moments between innocence and knowing, childhood and adulthood, unforgiving and forgiving, makes her someone to watch".

Awards and nominations



* 62nd Berlin International Film Festival

** Crystal Bears, Generation Kplus

* 23rd Cine Junior Festival

** Grand Prize at the Cine Junior Festival

** "Grain Dmoudre" Prize (from young people aged 1025 years)

* 13th Woodstock Film Festival

** Official selection

Box office



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