The Descendants (2011)
Directed by: Alexander Payne
Matt (George Clooney) is a Hawaiian lawyer and, through inheritance, the sole trustee of a 25,000 acre estate, which will shortly be sold. After a water-skiing accident leaves his wife in a coma, Matt must hold himself and his family together, meet the competing demands of relatives, islanders and conscience in disposing of the land – and find a way of coming to terms with the revelation that his wife was having an affair. Read more
