This Must Be The Place
AroView: Sean Penn is all affectation as a retired, depressed glam rocker (modelled on The Cure’s Robert Smith) in this eccentric but poignant comedy of the surreal.
Living off his royalties while rattling around his grand Dublin mansion, the death of his estranged father calls him to New York, setting off an American road trip in search of a Nazi war criminal. Sure to divide audiences, this first English-language feature from Italian dir. Sorrentino takes its title from the Talking Heads song, with singer David Byrne appearing in a cameo, and the film’s observational quirkiness is reminiscent of Byrne’s own directing effort, TRUE STORIES, as well as experimental stylists like Gus Van Sant.
“Determinedly quirky and cool… Cultdom beckons.” ~Empire Magazine
Cast
Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch, Harry Dean Stanton, Eve Hewson, Kerry Condon, David Byrne, Olwen Fouere
Director
Language
English
Country
United States
