Father Mother Sister Brother (Subtitled)

Jim Jarmusch's Father Mother Sister Brother is screening at the Electric Palace Cinema in Hastings on Thursday 3 December, starting at 11:00. It's part of the Independent Visions (IV) series, so it's a morning slot rather than an evening one.

The film is a portmanteau — a triptych of three separate dramas set in the US, Dublin and Paris. Each one centres on the awkwardness of parent-and-grown-up-child relationships, and the guilt, sadness and occasional closeness that come with them. It's an all-star cast across the three stories, with Tom Waits, Charlotte Rampling and Cate Blanchett among those appearing.

It's described as perceptive and sad, but with a blackly funny streak running through it. The three stories don't share a plot, but they do share that same focus on the friction between parents and their adult children, so it's more of a thematic collection than a traditional narrative. It runs for 111 minutes, and it's rated 15, so it's not one for the younger ones.

If you're planning to go, keep in mind it's a morning screening, not a night out. The session starts at 11:00 at the Electric Palace Cinema in Hastings, and the film runs just under two hours, so you'll be out well before lunch.