Adam Driver Joins Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’

Last November, filming quietly began on Jim Jarmusch’s “Father, Mother, Sister, Brother.” We already knew that Cate Blanchett and Vicky Krieps star in Jarmusch’s film.

THR is reporting that Adam Driver, Tom Waits, and Mayim Bialik have joined the cast as well in a film that’s being described as a “triptych” following three separate stories set in different countries and revolving around relationships between adult children, their somewhat distant parents and each other. The first part, “Father,” is set in the east coast in Northeastern U.S., “Mother” in Dublin, and “Sister Brother” in Paris.

In leaked set photos, Blanchett could be seen sporting a conservatively bookish look, while Krieps was all in pink, including her dyed hair. The film has since wrapped production and is expected to be finished post-prod later this year.

This is set to be Jarmusch’s first film in over five years. This past April, at the 2023 Overlook Film Festival, Jarmusch sat down for a conversation concerning the tenth anniversary of his great “Only Lovers Left Alive.”

The film we’re preparing now for late this year to shoot, probably, I think, may have no music […] It’s a very subtle film; it’s very quiet. And I think music could move it too much one way — it’s a funny and sad film, right? It sort of has both woven in. I don’t know if I wanna have music to add some other thing over it. It doesn’t really want it so far.

The Ohio-born filmmaker has been a mainstay of the indie movie scene since the ‘80s. His minimalist, unhurried and idiosyncratic films don’t follow transitional narrative structures, but rather tend to focus more on mood.

Jarmusch’s best films are “Paterson,” “Only Lovers Left Alive,” “Stranger Than Paradise,” “Broken Flowers,” “Down By Law,” and “Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai.” However, he has such an eclectic filmography that I’m sure some of his other works will be mentioned in the comments below.

Meanwhile, Blanchett is keeping herself very busy these days. She’s in Guy Maddin’s upconming “Rumors” and has Alfonso Cuaron’s Apple TV series “Disclaimer” coming up in 2024.