''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

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s, 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

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, 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. Silver’s 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 **

, Generation Kplus * 23rd Cine Junior Festival ** Grand Prize at the Cine Junior Festival ** "Grain à Démoudre" Prize (from young people aged 10–25 years) * 13th Woodstock Film Festival ** Official selection

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arcadia 2012 films 2010s drama road movies American drama road movies American independent films 2012 independent films Films about dysfunctional families Films shot in California Films set in the United States Films set in the 2010s 2012 directorial debut films 2012 drama films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films