Custody (2016 film)
| Custody | |
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| Directed by | James Lapine |
| Written by | James Lapine |
| Produced by | James Lapine Katie Mustard Lauren Versel |
| Starring | Viola Davis Catalina Sandino Moreno Hayden Panettiere Ellen Burstyn |
| Cinematography | Zak Mulligan |
| Edited by | Miky Wolf |
| Music by | Antônio Pinto |
Production companies | Lucky Monkey Pictures Mustard & Co JuVee Productions |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Custody is a 2016 American courtroom drama film directed and written by James Lapine. The film stars Viola Davis as a judge who presides over the custody case of a Latina woman named Sara (Catalina Sandino Moreno) whose children are taken away after an episode of domestic violence. Hayden Panettiere plays the lawyer given Sara's case, with Ellen Burstyn, Selenis Leyva, Olga Merediz, Dan Fogler, Raúl Esparza, and Tony Shalhoub in other roles. Custody was filmed in New York City in May 2015.
The film world premiered in the Spotlight section of the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival. The film premiered on Lifetime on March 4, 2017.