Based on the acclaimed play God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, and directed by legendary auteur Roman Polanski, Carnage pits power couple Nancy (Academy Award-winner Kate Winslet (Mildred Pierce, The Reader) and Alan Cowan (Academy Award-winner Christoph Waltz (Water for Elephants, Inglourious Basterds) against the liberal writer and campaigner Penelope Longstreet (Academy Award-winner Jodie Foster (Panic Room, The Silence of the Lambs) and her wholesaler husband, Michael … mehr(John C. Reilly (We Need to Talk About Kevin, Magnolia). Unpredictable and shocking, the film hilariously exposes the hypocrisy lurking behind their polite façade. Following a playground scuffle between their 11-year old children, the parents of the victim have invited the parents of the bully to their apartment to sort it out. Cordial banter gradually develops a razor-sharp edge as all four of the well-heeled American parents reveal their laughable contradictions and grotesque prejudices. None of them will escape the ensuing carnage in this hilarious new comedy. weniger