Moonrise Kingdom is set on a made-up island in 1965, but the real story is not the island. It is the feeling of being a stranger in your own life. Sam and Suzy do not run away from adults. They run toward a place where their inner world finally matches the outside world.
Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes met on The Place Beyond the Pines and became parents three years later.
“After I met Eva, I realized I didn’t want to have kids without her. We were pretending, & I didn’t want to pretend anymore”