This American director won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 2014 Berlin Film Festival for a film that took him a long while to complete. Reportedly, he had made an informal arrangement with one of the actors in the film (and a frequent collaborator) for the actor to finish this film in case the director died before its completion.
Which highly acclaimed 2014 film?
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'Boyhood', which was made by Richard Linklater over a decade, as his lead actor grew up. The actor in question was Ethan Hawke.
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