（精）克莱默夫妇.pptVIP

Kramer vs. Kramer Ted Kramer by Dustin Hoffman Joanna Kramer by Meryl Streep Billy Kramer by Justin Henry Lead in When dutiful wife and mother Joanna decides to walk out on her workaholic husband Ted, an advertising executive ,she leaves their young son Billy in Ted`s less than capable hands. The situation proves to be especially difficult since the workaholic father has never really taken care of the boy and, in fact ,hardly understands him. Tough trial and error, Ted learns to take care of Billy ,giving more energy to his family than to his work; father and son finally develop a loving relationship. when Joanna returns to take custody of Billy , Ted finds employment that won`t interfere with his paternal duties. Even though he proves that he can do it all, he still loses in court. Joanna, however, finally realizes how close father and son have become. Background of the film Kramer vs. Kramer is one of these quiet, real-life dramas which seem to be a rarity today. It remains as powerfully moving today as relevant today as it was when released in 1979, simply because its drama by director Robert Benton from the novel by Avery Corman, this is perhaps the finest, most evenly balanced film ever made about the failure of marriage and the tumultuous shift of parental roles. Kramer vs. Kramer succeeds where most familial dramas of this sort fall short—it plays like an honest, warts-and-all documentation of a family in tumultuous transition. Most divorce/custody films deal with the mother gaining custody of her child after the father’s abandonment. Kramer vs. Kramer asks the question:” What if it were the father who had to raise the child?” This may not be the newest concept, but back in 1979 audiences had never seen a film dealing with this subject matter. conflicts suffocation vs. preoccupation? The mother, Joanna, she is an woman with strong consciousness of independence. After married she found lif