Custody (2016)
- Directed by
- James Lapine
- Genre
- trial film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Rated
- 6
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 54 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A judge oversees a custody case for a mother whose children were taken after domestic violence. The story follows the legal battle and the people involved in the courtroom.
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What happens
Custody is a 2016 American courtroom drama film directed and written by James Lapine. The film stars Viola Davis as a judge who presides over the custody case of a Latina woman named Sara (Catalina Sandino Moreno) whose children are taken away after an episode of domestic violence. Hayden Panettiere plays the lawyer given Sara's case, with Ellen Burstyn, Selenis Leyva, Olga Merediz, Dan Fogler, Raúl Esparza, and Tony Shalhoub in other roles. Custody was filmed in New York City in May 2015. The film world premiered in the Spotlight section of the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival. The film premiered on Lifetime on March 4, 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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