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This Must Be the Place

  • 2011
  • R
  • 1h 58m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
37K
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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.
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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.I... Read allCheyenne, 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
    • Umberto Contarello
  • Stars
    • Sean Penn
    • Frances McDormand
    • Judd Hirsch
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    37K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Paolo Sorrentino
    • Writers
      • Paolo Sorrentino
      • Umberto Contarello
    • Stars
      • Sean Penn
      • Frances McDormand
      • Judd Hirsch
    • 102User reviews
    • 207Critic reviews
    • 61Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 19 wins & 17 nominations

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    Trailer 2:33
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    "Mick Jagger Sang with Me"
    Clip 1:09
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    Photos120

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    Sean Penn
    Sean Penn
    • Cheyenne
    Frances McDormand
    Frances McDormand
    • Jane
    Judd Hirsch
    Judd Hirsch
    • Mordecai Midler
    Eve Hewson
    Eve Hewson
    • Mary
    Olwen Fouéré
    Olwen Fouéré
    • Mary's Mother
    Johnny Ward
    Johnny Ward
    • Steven
    Sam Keeley
    Sam Keeley
    • Desmond
    Danielle O'Brien
    • Supermarket Girl #1
    Margaret O'Reilly
    • Supermarket Girl #2
    Mairin O'Donovan
    • Old Lady in Bank
    Simon Delaney
    Simon Delaney
    • Jeffrey
    Jer O'Leary
    Jer O'Leary
    • Old Man in Cemetary
    Master Deng
    • Chinese Tai Chi Teacher
    Jane Myers
    • Jeffrey's Girlfriend
    Heather Fedyk
    • Elevator Woman #1
    Iris Frank
    • Elevator Woman #2
    Andrea Mellos
    • Elevator Woman #3
    Sarab Kamoo
    Sarab Kamoo
    • Elevator Woman #4
    • (as Sara Kamoo)
    • Director
      • Paolo Sorrentino
    • Writers
      • Paolo Sorrentino
      • Umberto Contarello
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    • 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.

    User reviews102

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    5/10

    Not even the genius of Sean Penn could save this one...

    Premises are interesting. I would always watch a movie about/focused on the life of a retired/depressed rock star, factual or fictional... And indeed, Penn delivers a somewhat convincing performance as (Robert Smith-inspired?) Cheyenne (poor choice of pseudonym, if you ask me, but hey, there's also a band called "The Pieces of Sh*t", so)...

    The problem is: that annoying voice!, and... Well, everything else. This is a pretty boring film, overall. Frances wasn't convincing, nor was anybody else besides Sean.

    Sure, there are funny parts, but they're not enough to prevent the yawns, or fight the desire of doing something else during most part of it.

    My 5/10 is strictly because of Penn's genius, indeed one hell of an actor, but he deserved a better script and a better... Well, everything.

    Honorable mention to the David Byrne/Will Oldham teaming up to perform a satisfying soundtrack, especially the main track "Lay & Love", excellent in my opinion.
    • nhborges
    • Mar 11, 2017
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    • Release date
      • August 24, 2011 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • France
      • Ireland
    • Official site
      • Wikipedia
    • Languages
      • English
      • Hebrew
    • Also known as
      • Este debe ser el lugar
    • Filming locations
      • Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
    • Production companies
      • Indigo Film
      • Lucky Red
      • Medusa Film
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    Box office

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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
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 58 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Datasat
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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