Based on the acclaimed play 'god of carnage' by yasmina reza, and directed by legendary auteur roman polanski, carnage pits power couple nancy academy award winner kate winslet mildred pierce, the reader and alan cowan academy award winner christoph waltz water for elephants, inglourious basterds against the liberal writer and campaigner penelope longstreet academy award winner jodie foster panic room, the silence of the lambs and her wholesaler husband, michael john c'. '.strtoupper('r')eilly we need to talk about kevin, magnolia'. '.strtoupper('u')npredictable and shocking, the film hilariously exposes the hypocrisy lurking behind their polite façade.following a playground scuffle between their 11 year old children, the parents of the victim have invited the parents of the bully to their apartment to sort it out'. '.strtoupper('c')ordial banter gradually develops a razor sharp edge as all four of the well heeled american parents reveal their laughable contradictions and grotesque prejudices'. '.strtoupper('n')one of them will escape the ensuing carnage in this hilarious new comedy.