Synopsis : Father Mother Sister Brother is a feature film, though carefully constructed in the form of a triptych. The three stories all concern the relationships between adult children, their somewhat distant parent (or parents) and each other. Each of the three chapters takes place in the present, and each in a different country. Father is set in the north-east US, Mother in Dublin, Ireland, and Sister Brother in Paris, France. The film is a series of character studies: quiet, observational and non-judgemental — a comedy, but interwoven with threads of melancholy.
Festival History : Venice Film Festival 2025 | BFI London Film Festival 2025 | New York Film Festival 2025
Awards : Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival 2025
Director :
Jim Jarmusch
Producer :
Joshua Astrachan, Carter Logan, Atilla Salih Yücer, Charles Gillibert, Richard Bolger
Screenplay :
Jim Jarmusch
DOP :
Frederick Elmes, Yorick Le Saux
Editor :
Affonso Gonçalves
Cast :
Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Charlotte Rampling, Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps, Sarah Greene, Indya Moore, Luka Sabbat, Françoise Lebrun
Jim Jarmusch is an American director and screenwriter whose darkly humorous tone and transcendence of genre conventions established him as a major independent filmmaker. Jarmusch studied at Columbia University and at New York University’s graduate film program, where he directed his first feature-length film, Permanent Vacation (1980; released 1986). His next movie, Stranger Than Paradise (1984), established his reputation as a new voice in independent cinema. Jarmusch continued to earn acclaim for films such as the offbeat comedies Down by Law (1986), Mystery Train (1989), Night on Earth (1992), and Coffee and Cigarettes (2003). Jarmusch won the Grand Prix at the 2005 Cannes film festival for Broken Flowers (2005).