Un lugar donde quedarse (This Must Be the Place)
Cheyenne, una estrella de rock retirada que vive en Dublín, regresa a la ciudad de Nueva York para encontrar al hombre responsable de la humillación que sufrió su padre recientemente falleci... Leer todoCheyenne, una estrella de rock retirada que vive en Dublín, regresa a la ciudad de Nueva York para encontrar al hombre responsable de la humillación que sufrió su padre recientemente fallecido durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.Cheyenne, una estrella de rock retirada que vive en Dublín, regresa a la ciudad de Nueva York para encontrar al hombre responsable de la humillación que sufrió su padre recientemente fallecido durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
- Dirección
- Guión
- Reparto principal
- Premios
- 20 premios y 17 nominaciones en total
- Elevator Woman #4
- (as Sara Kamoo)
Reseñas destacadas
I've noticed that most small films tend to focus on depressed or outsider type people. I'm guessing that's because the people who make them are that way. But it would be nice once in a while to see a small film about essentially happy people growing in some way, or overcoming an obstacle.
If you took a bunch of drugs, you haven't worked in 20 years, you live in a dreary place, and you're going through a midlife crisis, you would move and talk slowly and perhaps softly. Also, if you were a cross dresser, you might speak with an effeminate voice. So i get all that. But the mumbling aspect was a bit much. Unless you want to interpret that a guy who made millions from his voice, is now crippled in the voice. The mumbling was my biggest complaint. Even if he had cranked it up a tiny notch, I would have been satisfied.
I think the sex scene was put in there specifically to justify why a woman would stay with such a loser for so long. Make no mistake about it. This guy is a loser. His awareness of that fact is the main source of his depression.
What I liked about the plot was the idea of needing a purpose or mission to get yourself out of a funk or grow up. But having his dad be American and orthodox Jewish is a shock to the system. There were no previous references to his even being American, and none about growing up as an orthodox Jew. Wouldn't you see some vestiges of Jewishness at his house, or in his mannerisms or conversation?
As other reviewers mentioned, it was clear that he had no real interest in the Holocaust or his dad's history. He just felt remorse at not giving his father a chance. Couple that with needing a purpose and you have his mission.
Most of the people he interacted with in small town America were not random. They were family members of the Nazi he was hunting or knew something about him. But we did get a little slice of American life in the process. Although here's a tip to non-American indie film enthusiasts. Not all Americans are quirky. Many just work, live, love, pray, volunteer, serve, and laugh.
This guy was always about depression and regrets, but never about rage. So it's no surprise that he had no rage for the Nazi. Another person might have, because although the humiliation he caused his father was relatively mild, he was still involved with slaughter.
I'm OK with the subplots about the woman with a missing son and the Gothic teen. It makes sense. The girl was the type he would have hung out with in his own teens and he was basically stuck at that stage of life. Meanwhile the woman's son apparently skipped town the way our main character had years ago.
I love the Talking Heads song. So I certainly appreciate the idea of building a story around it. "Home, this must be the place." You could say that our protagonist was searching for a home in this world his whole life.
"This Must be the Place" brings back Penn and his wonderful talent to depict a strange character that doesn't seem to connect with the world around him. It's a delicious journey through the ups and downs of life and the numerous ways of facing them. It's about love and family, courage and determination in searching for what makes sense to you in spite of what people may think. Penn is extraordinarily funny in a simple way, unpretentiously humble and somehow adorable as a man who sees the world differently from everybody else. I had a wonderful time watching this movie, without that feeling of betrayal left by so many deceitful trailers.
Cheyenne (Penn) is married to Jane (Frances McDormand). They have been together for 35 years. Not only is this the opposite of what one would expect of a rock star, but she works as a firefighter. No, they are not broke, it's just what she does.
The two of them are surrounded by some interesting characters in a film that moves at a snail's pace.
You never really know where it is going, but at the end you realize that it was good for Cheyenne to get out of his world and grow up.
At first I didn't like how Sean Penn portrayed Cheyenne, but later on in the movie I completely forgot that I was watching Mr. Penn. So I guess the performance is good, and maybe I just didn't find the character to be a very interesting or likable.
This movie is slow, and I don't even mind slow movies. Hell I usually think the slower the better, but this just drags forever. The plot doesn't take off until half way thru and even then it feels like you've already watched this movie for hours.
There's an insane amount of camera trickery, almost every scene uses some camera dolly or crane thing, even if it serves no purpose other than moving the camera around in an "imaginative way". It was really distracting and I didn't find the camera work that fun to look at.
The script leaves a lot of stuff untold. There is talk about people who are seemingly important, but they are never explained who they are and while you have ideas, it's not something you'd like to spend any energy guessing. Some movies make these mind games fun, but here they're just annoying. I noticed myself thinking all the time if I had missed something, but reading at the forums here, I don't think I missed anything. This movie just doesn't inspire you to figure out those loose endings at all.
In the end I gather I just don't like the directors way of making movies. The story is quite interesting, but the way it's told just wasn't my cup of tea.
¿Sabías que...?
- CuriosidadesThe 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.
- PifiasCheyenne 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".
- Citas
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."
- Versiones alternativasThe international version is approximately 7-minute shorter than the version screened at the Cannes Film Festival and released in Italy.
- ConexionesFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Sean Penn Performances (2013)
- Banda sonoraThis 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.
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Detalles
- Fecha de lanzamiento
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- Sitio oficial
- Idiomas
- Títulos en diferentes países
- Un lloc per quedar-s'hi
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Taquilla
- Presupuesto
- 25.000.000 € (estimación)
- Recaudación en Estados Unidos y Canadá
- 143.979 US$
- Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
- 7754 US$
- 4 nov 2012
- Recaudación en todo el mundo
- 11.928.909 US$
- Duración1 hora 58 minutos
- Color
- Mezcla de sonido
- Relación de aspecto
- 2.35 : 1