---
title: 'Custody (2016)'
type: 'film'
director: 'James Lapine'
released: '2016-04-17'
runtime_minutes: 104
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/custody-2016'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4575930/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Custody (2016)

2016 · 104 min · United States


## Synopsis

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 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [James Lapine](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-lapine)
- **Screenplay:** [James Lapine](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-lapine)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Antonio Pinto](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-pinto)

## Cast

- [Selenis Leyva](https://cinepixo.com/people/selenis-leyva)
- [Dan Fogler](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-fogler)
- [Frank Wood](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-wood)
- [Catalina Sandino Moreno](https://cinepixo.com/people/catalina-sandino-moreno)
- [Hayden Panettiere](https://cinepixo.com/people/hayden-panettiere)
- [Valerie Cruz](https://cinepixo.com/people/valerie-cruz)
- [Viola Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/viola-davis)
- [Ellen Burstyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellen-burstyn)
- [Raúl Esparza](https://cinepixo.com/people/raul-esparza)
- [Tony Shalhoub](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-shalhoub)

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