This Must Be the Place

20112011
RR
1h 58min

Sean Penn in 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 WWII.

Adventure Comedy Drama

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.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.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.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.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

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Awards
- 19 wins & 17 nominations

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"Mick Jagger Sang with Me"

"Mick Jagger Sang with Me"

Sean Penn in This Must Be the Place (2011)

Frances McDormand and Sean Penn in This Must Be the Place (2011)

Frances McDormand and Sean Penn in This Must Be the Place (2011)

Eve Hewson in This Must Be the Place (2011)

Sean Penn in This Must Be the Place (2011)

David Byrne in This Must Be the Place (2011)

Sean Penn in This Must Be the Place (2011)

Frances McDormand in This Must Be the Place (2011)

Sean Penn in This Must Be the Place (2011)

David Byrne in This Must Be the Place (2011)

Sean Penn and Eve Hewson in This Must Be the Place (2011)

Sean Penn in This Must Be the Place (2011)

Director
- Paolo Sorrentino
Writers
- Paolo Sorrentino(screenplay) (story)
- Umberto Contarello(screenplay)
All cast & crew

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Le conseguenze dell'amore

7.5

Le conseguenze dell'amore

The Great Beauty

7.8

The Great Beauty

Youth

7.3

Il divo

7.3

Loro

6.7

L'uomo in più

7.2

The Family Friend

7.1

The Family Friend

Loro 2

7.0

Loro 1

6.7

Cercando La grande bellezza

8.3

Cercando La grande bellezza

The Young Pope

8.4

The New Pope

8.1

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 Sean Penn and marking the much-anticipated English-language debut of acclaimed director Paolo Sorrentino, THIS MUST BE THE PLACE is a gripping examination of a man on the precipice of obsession. —Anonymous

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Taglines
- Never for money Always for love
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for language, some sexual content and brief disturbing images
Parents guide

Trivia
The organ-like instrument that David Byrne plays for Cheyenne is a variation of Byrne's "house organ." Byrne created the organ in 2008 as part of an art installation project in New York City. Instead of playing musical notes, each key on the organ transmits a signal through a wire, which in turn "plays" the building: for example, motors vibrating a set of metal girders, hoses blowing air through the building's water pipes, or metal rods striking the radiator.

Goofs
Cheyenne refers to the band as "The Talking Heads". David Byrne and group went so far as to name an album "The Name of This Band is Talking Heads" to help people drop the "the".

Quotes
Rachel: No shit! Now I remember you. You sang with Mick Jagger once.
Cheyenne: I know him. He's a good singer, I like the way he dances.
Rachel: Listen your cheeseburger is a bit too well done. You don't mind do ya? Unfortunately, that's life!
Cheyenne: You know what the problem is... Rachel?
Rachel: What?
Cheyenne: Without realizing it, we go from an age where we say: "My life will be that" to an age where we say: "That's life."

Alternate versions
The international version is approximately 7-minute shorter than the version screened at the Cannes Film Festival and released in Italy.

Connections
Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Sean Penn Performances (2013)

Soundtracks
This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
Written by David Byrne (as D. Byrne), Tina Weymouth (as T. Weymouth), Jerry Harrison (as J. Harrison), Chris Frantz (as C. Franz)
Performed by David Byrne
(c) Warner Bros. Music Inc. / Index Music Inc.
Licensed by Warner Bros. Music Italy S.r.l.

Top review

9/10

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.

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Release date
- August 24, 2011 (France)
Countries of origin
Official site
- Official site (Japan)
Languages
- English
- Hebrew
Also known as
- Este debe ser el lugar
Filming locations
- Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Production companies
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Budget
- €25,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $143,979
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,754
- Nov 4, 2012
Gross worldwide
- $11,928,909

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Runtime
- 1h 58min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
- Datasat
Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1

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