Custody
World Premiere

Custody

Spotlight
| USA | 104 MINUTES | English | English subtitles
Drama, New York, NY Director(s)
James Lapine’s family courtroom drama stars Viola Davis, Hayden Panettiere, and Catalina Sandino Moreno as the key players in a custody case set against the backdrop of the myriad struggles at New York Family Court. In one corner, there’s Sara (Moreno), a young, single mother of two who suddenly finds herself embroiled in a custody battle when her son’s teacher calls the Administration for Children’s Services regarding a cut above his eye. Then there’s Martha Schulman (Davis), a beleaguered family court judge struggling through a 23-year marriage to Jason (Tony Shalhoub), and finding that it might not be possible to compartmentalize work and home. Recent law school graduate Alexandra Fisher (Panettiere) is assigned to Sara’s case, and finds it brings up haunting memories of her own. Hanging over it all is the recent death of a young girl whom the system failed. At the heart of Custody, the individual is locked in a dance with the institution and human error butts up against broken systems.

—Genna Terranova

Cast & Credits
Directed by
James Lapine
James Lapine is a playwright, screenwriter and a director of plays, musicals and films. He has gone on to work on over a dozen Broadway shows as well as off-Broadway shows. James has received three Tony Awards, the Pulitzer Prize, Peabody Award and was nominated for an Emmy Award.
Director
James Lapine
Screenwriter
James Lapine
Producer
Lauren Versel, Katie Mustard, James Lapine
Editor
Miky Wolf
Cinematographer
Zak Mulligan
Composer
Antonio Pinto
Cast
Catalina Sandino Moreno, Hayden Panettiere, Viola Davis, Tony Shalhoub, Raul Esparza, Dan Fogler, Ellen Burstyn

Contacts
US Sales Contact
CAA
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Filmsales@caa.com
International Sales Contact
Christian De Gallegos
Ambassador Film Group
Los Angeles, CA 90069
Phone: 310 281 2887
christian@glgpictures.com
Print Source
Jeffrey Penman
New York City, NY 10013
Phone: 518 258 7884
jeffreypenman@icloud.com
Press Contact
Steven Beeman
Falco Ink
New York, NY 10019
Phone: 917 854 8700
stevenmbeeman@falcoink.com
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