This Must Be the Place (2011)

Directed by

Paolo Sorrentino

Genre

drama film, comedy film, tragicomedy, road movie

Country

France, Italy, Ireland

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

R

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1,313 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A retired wealthy rock star grows bored with his comfortable life. He sets out on a road trip across America to find a Nazi war criminal who once tormented his father.

meditativewhimsicaldryly funnymelancholicslow-burnquirkybittersweetcontemplativeoffbeat

What happens

This Must Be the Place is a 2011 comedy-drama film directed by Paolo Sorrentino, written by Sorrentino and Umberto Contarello and released in the United States 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, although shot in English. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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