THE STATION AGENT

'''The Station Agent''' is a 2003 American independent film about a dwarf who moves to live in an abandoned train station in rural Newfoundland, New Jersey to live a life of solitude. It was written and directed by Thomas McCarthy.

Contents

Plot

Reactions

Cast

Themes

External links

Plot

Finbar "Fin" McBride (Peter Dinklage) is a handsome 30-ish single guy with achondroplasic dwarfism.The beginning of the movie demonstrates the reason why Fin is so withdrawn,as the people around him treat him poorly, and he consequently feels increasingly ostracized. He becomes bitter and withdrawn. He works at a model train hobby shop owned by a similarly silent friend Henry (Paul Benjamin).
Henry dies unexpectedly and his will leaves Fin a bit of property with a disused railroad station agent's home on it. Fin sets off to find the place by walking down the railroad tracks, as he can't drive. He moves into the old building hoping for a life of solitude from the cruelties of APs (Average size People). He's a trainspotter.
He finds himself reluctantly becoming enmeshed in the lives of his neighbors, especially Olivia (Patricia Clarkson), a forty-year-old artist who has troubles with her broken marriage and is coping with the death of her young son, and obnoxiously friendly Joe (Bobby Cannavale) a thirty-year-old Cuban American who is working in his dad's snack truck for the summer.

Reactions

Reviews for the film were positive, and it grossed more than $5,000,000. It won awards at several film festivals and won some year end awards.[1] Among these were:

★ Best Original Screenplay at the BAFTA Awards.

★ Best Supporting Actress at the Boston Society of Film Critics Awards.

★ Best First Screenplay, the John Cassavetes Award, and the Producers Award at the Independent Spirit Awards.

★ Best Screenplay at the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards.

★ Patricia Clarkson was named Best Supporting Actress by the National Board of Review.

★ Audience Award, Special Jury Prize, and Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival.

Cast

Actor	Role
Peter Dinklage	Finbar McBride
Bobby Cannavale	Joe Oramas
Patricia Clarkson	Olivia Harris
Michelle Williams	Emily
Paul Benjamin	Henry Styles
Raven Goodwin	Cleo
Paula Garces	Cashier
Josh Pais	Carl
John Slattery	David
Jayce Bartok	Chris
Lynn Cohen	Patty ''(Good to Go store)''

Themes

The Station Agent dealt with many themes throughout, mainly focusing on loneliness and seclusion from others. Particular scenes include when Fin stands up in the bar shouting "take a look!" and when the woman in a shop takes a picture of him. Dinklage portrays Fin's emotions and feelings through a variety of facial expressions and body language.

External links

★ Official site

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