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This Must Be the Place is a italien film of genre Drama directed by Paolo Sorrentino released in USA on 2 november 2012 with Sean Penn
This Must Be the Place (2011)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 2 november 2012
Length 1h58
Directed by Paolo Sorrentino
OriginItalie
Genres Drama
Rating67%
This Must Be the Place is a 2011 European drama film directed by Paolo Sorrentino, written by Sorrentino and Umberto Contarello (it) and released in the U.S. in late 2012. It stars Sean Penn and Frances McDormand. The film deals with a middle-aged wealthy rock star who becomes bored in his retirement and takes on the quest of finding his father's tormentor, a Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the United States.
The film was an Italian-majority production with co-producers in France and Ireland. Principal photography began in August 2010. Filming took place in Ireland and Italy, as well as the states of Michigan, New Mexico and New York. The film was in competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
Synopsis
Cheyenne is a wealthy former rock star, now bored and jaded in his 20-year retirement in Dublin. He retired after two of his teenaged fans committed suicide. He travels to New York to reconcile with his estranged father during his final hours, only to arrive too late. The reason he gives for not communicating with his father for 30 years was that his father rejected him when he put on glam rock make-up at the age of 15. He reads his father's diary and learns about his father's persecution in Auschwitz at the hands of former SS officer Alois Lange. He visits a professional Nazi hunter named Mordecai Midler who tells him that Lange is small fry.Actors
Sean Penn
(Cheyenne)
Frances McDormand
(Jane)
Kerry Condon
(Rachel)
Judd Hirsch
(Mordecai Midler)
Eve Hewson
(Mary)
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