Playground Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Amy Renner

Dec. 10, 2022

Playground

Release Date: Friday, February 11, 2022 Limited

Laura Verlinden, Maya Vanderbeque, Karim Leklou, Gunter Duret, Laura Wandel

N/A Drama N/A

4

57% WILL SEE

43% WON'T SEE

Rent or buy Shop

Plot

What's the story about?

In this debut feature by writer-director Laura Wandel, the everyday reality of grade school is seen from a child's-eye-view as an obstacle course of degradation and abuse. Following 7-year-old Nora and her big brother Abel, we see Nora struggling to fit in before finding her place on the schoolyard. One day, she notices Abel being bullied by other kids, and though she rushes to protect him by warning their father, Abel forces her to remain silent, while he endures more humiliation and harassment by his peers. Transposing the gritty realism of such filmmakers as Jacques Audiard and the Dardennes Brothers to the inner world of kids, Wandel crafts an empathetic and visceral portrait of the cruelty of children, and the failure of adults to protect them.

Drama

Snap poll

Will you see Playground?

Seen the movie? Rate it!

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Playground.

Crew Behind the Film

The Playground behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

Director: Laura Wandel
Screenwriter: Laura Wandel

Studio: Film Movement
Production Companies: —

Additional Information

MPA Rating: N/A Not available
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

All Trailers

Official Playground movie trailers and clips.

Drama

Playground Official Trailer

Production Details

What we know about the Playground movie production.

Production Updates

Feb 2022

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

Playground was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, February 11, 2022. There were 16 other movies released on the same date, including Blacklight, Death on the Nile and Marry Me. As a limited release, Playground was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.

United States

Estimated

Now Available

Digital (Ultra HD) & more