Jim Jarmusch wraps 'Father Mother Sister Brother' with a star cast

Details about Jim Jarmusch's surprising new movie project has finally been revealed, and it's a family affair.

Paparazzi photos from the set circulated in January showing Cate Blanchett filming an outdoor scene with Vicky Krieps (in a pink wig) but little was known about the project at the time, as Jarmusch tends to keep a close eye on things. However, on Thursday in Cannes, the Match Factory confirmed that it had started work on the project and will handle the project International sales during the film festival while Jarmusch completes post-production in New York.

The film is titled Father Mother Sister Brother and includes some of his trusted collaborators. The cast consists of Blanchett, Krieps, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Tom Waits, Charlotte Rampling, Indya Moore and Luka Sabbat. According to official information received by The Hollywood Reporter, Father Mother Sister Brother is described as “a feature film in the form of a triptych.”

The official description: “Three separate stories all center on the relationships between adult children, their somewhat distant parent (or parents), and each other. Each of the three parts is set in the present, and each in a different country. Father Set in the Northeastern US, Mother in Dublin, Ireland, and Sister Brother in Paris, France. The film is a series of character studies, calm, observational and non-judgmental. A comedy, but interwoven with threads of melancholy.”

Filming took place in Paris after filming in Dublin, Ireland and in the northeastern United States. The film is expected to be completed later this year. Producers include Charles Gillibert, Joshua Astrachan, Carter Logan and Attila Yücer. The film is produced and presented at Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, MUBI and The Apartment (a Fremantle company) with Jarmusch's bad jet lag and Gillibert's CG Cinema. In Ireland, Hail Mary Pictures' Richard Bolger and Conor Barry co-produced with funding from Fís Éireann and Screen Ireland. Cinema Inutile provided equity financing.

Pre-sale discussions have already been held with Weltkino in Germany and Les Films du Losanges in France. The Match Factory will handle international sales and Gersh will handle North American rights.

Vaccarello and Saint Laurent become something a force in the indie film space after the launch of Saint Laurent Prods., with three films in theaters Cannes Film Festival competition this year, incl The Shrouds, Parthenope And Emilia Perez.

Jarmusch is represented by Bart Walker at Gersh and Victoria Cook and Hayden Goldblatt at Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz. Jarmusch previously worked with Driver on Paterson And The dead do not die, in which Sabbat also played a supporting role. Blanchett played at Jarmusch's Coffee and cigarettes. News of the cast was first reported by Variety.