Cheyenne - This Must Be the Place (2011)

Cheyenne, a retired rock star living off his royalties in Dublin, returns to New York City to find the man responsible for a humiliation suffered by his recently deceased father during W.W.II.

Director:

Paolo Sorrentino

Writers:

Paolo Sorrentino (screenplay), Umberto Contarello (screenplay)

Stars:

Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch

18 wins & 12 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sean Penn	...	Cheyenne
Olwen Fouere	...	Mary's Mother (as Olwen Fouéré)
Judd Hirsch	...	Mordecai Midler
Eve Hewson	...	Mary
Kerry Condon	...	Rachel
Joyce Van Patten	...	Dorothy Shore
David Byrne	...	Himself
Shea Whigham	...	Ernie Ray
Liron Levo	...	Richard
Heinz Lieven	...	Aloise Lange
Simon Delaney	...	Jeffery
Frances McDormand	...	Jane
Johnny Ward	...	Steven
Sam Keeley	...	Desmond
Danielle O'Brien	...	Supermarket Girl #1 (as Danielle O'Brian)

Storyline

Cheyenne, a wealthy former rock star (Penn), now bored and jaded in his retirement embarks on a quest to find his father's persecutor, an ex-Nazi war criminal now hiding out in the U.S. Learning his father is close to death, he travels to New York in the hope of being reconciled with him during his final hours, only to arrive too late. Having been estranged for over 30 years, it is only now in death that he learns the true extent of his father's humiliation in Auschwitz at the hands of former SS Officer Aloise Lange - an event he is determined to avenge. So begins a life-altering journey across the heartland of America to track down and confront his father's nemesis. As his quest unfolds, Cheyenne is reawakened by the people he encounters and his journey is transformed into one of reconciliation and self discovery. As his date with destiny arrives and he tracks down Lange, Cheyenne must finally decide if it is redemption he seeks ....or revenge. Starring two time Academy Award winner ...

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Plot Keywords:

humiliation | rock | rock star | revenge | new york city | 

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Taglines:

Never for money Always for love

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, some sexual content and brief disturbing images

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

Italy France Ireland

Language:

English Hebrew

Release Date:

10 November 2011 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Cheyenne - This Must Be the Place

Filming Locations:

Ireland

Box Office

Budget:

€25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$7,754 (USA) (2 November 2012)

Gross:

$142,242 (USA) (14 December 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Indigo Film, Lucky Red, Medusa Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min 111 min (cut)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Cheyenne is talking with David Byrne, he reveals he lives tortured by the suicide of two teens who were fans of him. This is a recreation of a real-life incident that happened in 1985 in Reno, where two young ones called Raymond Belknap and James Vance made a suicide pact after listening to Judas Priest's songs.

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Quotes

Aloise Lange: Everyone, absolutely everyone, was robbed of their youth. Everyone, absolutely everyone, had their youth stolen from them.

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Connections

References Paris, Texas (1984)

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Soundtracks

This Must Be the Place
Written by David Byrne
Performed by Sean Penn and Grant Goodman

User Reviews

The fascination of slowness

This must be the slowest movie I've ever seen, and I was completely fascinated: slowly moving things on screen, a slowly moving camera, a main character who walks and talks slowly, and last but not least, a slowly developing story. In a time when everything has to go faster and faster, this film just takes its time.

Cheyenne as a character could have been created by Tim Burton: a weird, lovable outsider who doesn't seem to belong to this world.

About Sean Penn's mumbling: English is not my first language, but I didn't think it was that bad. For me, it wasn't harder to understand Cheyenne than any of the other characters.