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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Jim Jarmusch
Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Charlotte Rampling, Cate Blanchett, Vicky Kriep
USA/Ireland/France
2025
In English and French with English subtitles
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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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