This Must Be the Place (2011)

Cast:

Sean Penn,
Frances McDormand,
Harry Dean Stanton,
Shea Whigham,
Judd Hirsch,
Joyce Van Patten,
Fritz Weaver,
Bern Cohen,
Kerry Condon,
Liron Levo,
Sarah Palin,
Grant Goodman,
Peter Carey,
Robert Herrick,
Julia Ho,
Olwen Fouere,
Eve Hewson,
Simon Delaney,
Sarab Kamoo,
Seth Adams,
Gordon Michaels,
David Byrne,
Pennie Marie Hawkins,
Jann Hight,
Madge Levinson,
Heinz Lieven,
Gavin O'Connor,
Tim Craiger,
Antonio Monda,
Kef Lee,
Sam Keeley,
Sarah Carroll,
Barack Obama,
Ralph H. Meyer,
Dave Krieger,
Jamie Oliver,
Richard 'Rick' Bobier,
Kris Graverson,
Ross Mac Mahon,
Joseph Smith,
Davis Gloff,
Inga R. Wilson,
Pennie-Marie Hawkins,
Eliezer Meyer,
Nancy Doetsch,
Ron Coden,
Mark C. Schwarz,
Andrea Mellos,
Emma Lock

Director:

Paolo Sorrentino

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description:

This Must Be the Place is a 2011 drama film directed by Paolo Sorrentino, written by Sorrentino and Umberto Contarello. 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, Italy, as well as the states of Michigan, New Mexico and New York. The film was in competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.

plot:

Cheyenne (Sean Penn) is a wealthy former rock star, now bored and jaded in his retirement in Dublin. He travels to New York to reconcile with his estranged father during his final hours, only to arrive too late. After learning the true extent of his father's humiliation in Auschwitz at the hands of former SS Officer Aloise Lange, Cheyenne begins a journey across the country to track down Lange, who is now hiding out in America.