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Where was This Must Be the Place filmed?

2011 film, directed by Paolo Sorrentino.

  • New Mexico

The story is set in New York City, about 1,806 miles (2,907 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
New York City
Filmed in
New Mexico
Distance
About 1,806 miles (2,907 km) between New York City and the nearest filming location.

About This Must Be the Place

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Released
2011
Director
Paolo Sorrentino
Cast
Sean PennFrances McDormandJudd HirschEve HewsonKerry CondonHarry Dean StantonShea WhighamDavid ByrneSeth AdkinsJoyce Van Patten
Genre
DramaTragicomedyRoadComedy

The story

Cheyenne is a wealthy former rock star, now bored and jaded in his 20-year retirement in Dublin.

He travels to New York to reconcile with his estranged father during his final hours, but since he has a fear of flying and travels by boat he arrives too late.

He reads his father's diary and learns about his father's persecution in Auschwitz at the hands of former SS officer Alois Lange.

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