From Darren Aronofsky comes The Whale, the story of a reclusive English teacher living with severe obesity who attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.
Cast/Avec
Brendan Fraser
Sadie Sink
Ty Simpkins
Hong Chau
Samantha Morton
Sathya Sridharan
Screenplay
Samuel D. Hunter
Cinematographer
Matthew Libatique
Sound
Coll Anderson
Steve Baine
Chris Chae
Smokey Cloud
Mark Goodermote
Craig Henighan
James Hyde
Drew Kunin
Skip Lievsay
Daniel Moctezuma
Jill Purdy
Maaike Snoep
Music
Rob Simonsen
Trailer and photos
The Whale - Trailer
The Whale
The Whale
Critics
It is a vintage Aronofsky sign-off: as overpowering as the endings of The Wrestler and Black Swan. Who knew a film about the weakness of the flesh could be such balm for the soul?
Robbie Collin The Telegraph 04/09/2022
BFCC Award as Best Actor, Black Film Critics Circle Awards, 2022, us
Rare Pearl Award, Denver International Film Festival, 2022, us
Leoncino d’Oro Agiscuola Award, Venice Film Festival, 2022, it
CACF Award as Best Makeup and Hair Styling, Critics Association of Central Florida Awards, 2022, us
Darren Aronofsky
Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Darren Aronofsky was born and raised in Brooklyn. In 2010, Aronofsky received a Best Director Academy Award nomination for his indie box office phenomenon Black Swan starring Natalie Portman, who won a Best Actress Academy Award for her performance. 2008’s The Wrestler starring Mickey Rourke won the Golden Lion for the best film at the Venice Film Festival. Previous to that were the acclaimed and award-winning films The Fountain (2006), Requiem for a Dream (2000), and π (1998). Aronofsky wrote and directed 2017’s mother! starring Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem. Before that, Aronofsky made the 2014 box office hit Noah starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, and Anthony Hopkins. His upcoming film The Whale (2022) for A24 stars Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Hong Chau, and Samantha Morton.
