The Descendants

2011 · 115 min · dir. Alexander Payne

The Descendants is a 2011 American tragicomedy film directed by Alexander Payne from a screenplay he wrote with Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, based on the 2007 novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings. The film stars George Clooney in the main role, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller in her film debut, Beau Bridges, Judy Greer, Nick Krause, Michael Ontkean, Matthew Lillard, and Robert Forster, and was released by Fox Searchlight Pictures in the United States on November 18, 2011, after premiering at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2011. Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.