Captain Fantastic (2015)
Synopsis:
Ben Cash (Mortensen), his wife Leslie, and their six children (Bodevan, Rellian, twins Kielyr and Vespyr, Zaja, and Nai) live in a Tepee deep in the wilderness of Washington State. Far from society, Ben and Leslie devote their entire existence to raising their kids: homeschooling them to be rigorous critical thinkers in a self-designed, highly-advanced academic curriculum, training them like professional athletes, teaching them to flourish in the wild without modern technologies, and demonstrating the beauty of co-existing in harmony with the natural world. They've have created a fit and brilliant family and the highly evolved Cash children navigate the world with a preternatural insight and humor. But when Ben’s wife Leslie commits suicide after a long battle with manic depression, Leslie’s parents bar the family from attending her funeral, and Ben is forced to leave their self-created paradise. Thus begins a journey into the outside world that challenges Ben’s unorthodox parenting, brings into question everything he's taught his kids, and will ultimately alter the course of all their lives.
Director: Matt Ross
Writer: Matt Ross
Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Kathryn Hahn, Missi Pyle, Erin Moriarty
also features Frank Langella and rising stars George MacKay, Annalise Basso, Samantha Isler, Nicholas Hamilton, Shree Crooks and Charlie Shotwell