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Kramer vs. Kramer

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7.6/10 • 2.2K

1979-12-071h 45m

Drama

There are three sides to this love story.

Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is now faced with the tasks of housekeeping and taking care of himself and their young son Billy.

Directors
Robert Benton
Editors
Gerald B. Greenberg

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  1. Dustin Hoffman

    Dustin Hoffman

    Ted Kramer

  2. Meryl Streep

    Meryl Streep

    Joanna Kramer

  3. Jane Alexander

    Jane Alexander

    Margaret Phelps

  4. Justin Henry

    Justin Henry

    Billy Kramer

  5. Howard Duff

    Howard Duff

    John Shaunessy

  6. George Coe

    George Coe

    Jim O'Connor

  7. JoBeth Williams

    JoBeth Williams

    Phyllis Bernard

  8. Bill Moor

    Bill Moor

    Gressen

  9. Howland Chamberlain

    Howland Chamberlain

    Judge Atkins

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Ahmetaslan27

Apr 20, 2023

7/10

The struggle of women in the 70th of the last century To what extent can a simple social story and a familiar family problem such as separation or divorce. To what extent can it represent and reflect the condition of an entire society, the culture and morals of this society, and the social changes that occur to it. The events of the film tell about the story of the divorce and struggle of the Kramer couple over the custody of their child, which reflected in its essence the social and cultural change in American society during the seventies of the last century. In 1979, the American social film Kramer vs. Kramer This film won good reviews, including an Academy Award. It is a reflection of the changes that took place in the family and in women's choices after widespread demands and protest movements in the United States of America in the sixties of the last century. Part of these demands was related to the call for women's liberation and the struggle for equality. After the round of conflict, the woman came out strong, and a measure of her rights were taken away. She also became economically independent and self-reliant, and the door of her ambitions was wide open, and she turned from a subordinate to an equal. Certainly, all these changes had to find their reflection on people's daily lives, on the woman's relationship with the man, and on the arrangement of women's priorities in terms of family and life, as yesterday the family was at the top of the list of American women's priorities, but after this cultural and social transformation, we see that the ambition of some women as Kramer's wife It is what settles at the top of her priorities now. And as the wife Kramer is the strongest and most economically able, she takes custody of the son from the father without regard to whether this behavior is in the best interests of the son or not. I was affected by what Kramer's wife did, which is that she was faced with two difficult choices, either to take care of the son, or to continue what she had achieved in her work. Unfortunately, it was prescribed for a woman to sacrifice everything.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$8,000,000.00
Revenue
$106,260,000.00
Keywords
husband wife relationshipmarriagecustody battledivorcefamilycoupleselfishnessmanhattan, new york citychild custodyabandonmentparents separating