Citizen Kane
8/10
Rating
119 min
Runtime
1941
Release Year
Orson Welles
Director
Cast
Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins, George Coulouris
Quick Synopsis
Charles Foster Kane, a boy taken from his mother and placed under the guardianship of a wealthy industrialist, grows up to become a powerful newspaper magnate. Throughout his life, his actions—whether well-intentioned, controlling, or self-destructive—seem to be influenced by the pain and trauma caused by this early separation from his mother.
Detailed Synopsis of Citizen Kane
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
