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Father Mother Sister Brother

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Canadian Premiere

Jim Jarmusch is a master of short form cinema, evidenced not only by the diner compendium Coffee and Cigarettes, but in his early films Down by Law, Mystery Train, and Night on Earth, each of which wrapped simple vignettes into a pungent narrative bouquet. So it seems fitting that the erstwhile Young Turk of the 1980s indie scene should return to this format in his 70s, reuniting with Down by Law–star Tom Waits, who plays a reclusive father visited by his grown children (Adam Driver and Mayim Bialik) in the first of three filially minded tales.

In the second episode, Cate Blanchette and Vicky Krieps play sisters visiting their novelist mother (Charlotte Rampling) in Dublin, while in the triptych’s final segment Indya Moore and Luka Sabbat play twins called back to their Paris apartment to address a family tragedy. Subtle and understated, wry and moving, Father Mother Sister Brother is Jarmusch at his best: minimalist with an unerring eye for the essence of things.

 

Golden Lion, Venice 2025

Oct 10: Intro by cinematographer Frederick Elmes

 

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Director

Jim Jarmusch

Cast

Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Charlotte Rampling, Cate Blanchett, Vicky Kriep

Credits
Country of Origin

USA/Ireland/France

Year

2025

Language

In English and French with English subtitles

18+

At Vancouver Playhouse

19+

At The Rio

110 min
Award Winners Drama Family Relations Legendary Filmmakers
badjetlag, CG Cinema, Hail Mary Pictures

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Credits

Producer

Joshua Astrachan, Carter Logan, Atilla Salih Yücer, Charles Gillibert, Richard Bolger

Screenwriter

Jim Jarmusch

Cinematography

Frederick Elmes, Yorick Le Saux

Editor

Affonso Gonçalves

Production Design

Mark Friedberg, Marco Bittner Rosser

Original Music

Jim Jarmusch, Anika

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