Tetro

Tetro

6.8IMDb Score
Released:2009-06-11
Genre:Drama
Duration:127 min
Director:Francis Ford Coppola
Actors:Vincent Gallo, Alden Ehrenreich, Maribel Verdú, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Silvia Pérez
Production:American Zoetrope, Zoetropa Argentina, Tornasol Media, BiM Distribuzione, Castafiore Films

Overview:

In Buenos Aires, 17-year-old Bennie seeks out his estranged brother Tetro, a once-promising writer haunted by their family’s past. As Bennie uncovers Tetro’s hidden manuscript, old secrets and rivalries resurface, forcing both men to confront the truth about their father and the tangled legacy that tore their family apart.

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