(Francis Ford Coppola, US 2009, 127 min.)

Young cruise ship worker Bennie (Alden Ehrenreich) docks in Argentina and seeks out his reclusive older brother, Tetro (Vincent Gallo), who’s none too happy to see him or to discuss their regal father (Klaus Maria Brandauer), a lionized symphony conductor. For his latest feature, writer-director Coppola drew on memories of his parents, both classical musicians. Beautifully photographed among the old-world architecture of Buenos Aires, it has all the control and delicacy of a piano sonata.

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