Working-class Jewish boy goes to college in Ohio. Digital HD Year 2016 Theatrical Release 2016-07-29 Video Release 2016-11-08 Studio Roadside Attractions Genre Drama MPAA Rating R CARA sexual content and some language Color Color Runtime 111 Animated Live-Action Full Synopsis Based on Philip Roth's late novel, Indignation takes place in 1951, as Marcus Messner Logan Lerman , a brilliant working-class Jewish boy from Newark, New Jersey, travels on scholarship to a small, conservative college in Ohio, thus exempting him from being drafted into the Korean War. But once there, Marcus's growing infatuation with his beautiful classmate Olivia Hutton Sarah Gadon , and his clashes with the college's imposing Dean, Hawes Caudwell Tracy Letts , put his and his family's best-laid plans to the ultimate test. Director James Schamus Cast James Schamus; Logan Lerman; Sarah Gadon; Tracy Letts