Genre: Comedy / Drama Director(s): Paolo Sorrentino Release Date: 24 August 2011 Movie rating: 6.7

Have you ever seen Sean Penn with make-up and hairstyle that belongs to an old lady? Movie “This Must Be the Place” gives you chance to see him with red lipstick and white powder all over his face. This movie is drama, but, because of character that Sean plays, it is also a comedy. Story is serious and it certainly is not laughing matter. Former rock star Cheyenne is person that causes reaction everywhere he goes. In black clothes with funny hairstyle and full make-up, this man in his mid fifties makes others turn heads when he passes by. All this is actually his armour that protects him irrational fears. He hasn’t spoken with his father for thirty years. Now when his father is dying, he decides to go to New York and visit him for the last time. Huge obstacle that Cheyenne has to cross is fear of flying. This is one of the funny parts in the movie. There are moments when audience feels sorry for this poor “rock star” instead to laugh at him. In New York he learns that his father was after ex-Nazi SS Officer who humiliated him in Auschwitz. Cheyenne decides to find this former SS Officer and his journey across America begins. On this trip he will meet various people that would touch his soul and make him rediscover himself. At the end he will have to decide what he is seeking. Is it redemption or is that revenge? Movie has surprisingly good music in background and presents very serious situations in a funny way.

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