99 Homes (2014)

Directed by

Ramin Bahrani

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

R

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 862 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the 2000s housing crisis, a single father and his family are evicted from their Florida home. Desperate to get it back, he starts working for the ruthless real estate agent who threw them out, helping evict other families.

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What happens

99 Homes is a 2014 American independent drama film directed by Ramin Bahrani, written by Bahrani and Amir Naderi, and starring Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Tim Guinee, and Laura Dern. Set in Florida, during the Great Recession, the film follows single father Dennis Nash (Garfield) and his family as they are evicted from their home by businessman Rick Carver (Shannon), leading to Nash choosing to help Carver in evicting people out of their homes in exchange for his family's home. Bahrani dedicated the film to the late film critic Roger Ebert. The film competed for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. It won Grand Prix at 2015 Deauville American Film Festival. It also screened in the Special Presentations section of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was released in a limited release on September 25, 2015, and wide expansion starting October 9, by Broad Green Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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