A quietly devastating, darkly funny portrait of the ties that bind — and fray — across continents

Father Mother Sister Brother unfolds in three intimate chapters, each capturing the fragile, funny, and sometimes uncomfortable truths of adult children navigating the emotional gravity of their parents.

In the frozen stillness of rural New Jersey, Emily and Jeff make an anxious pilgrimage to their father’s collapsing lakeside home, where unspoken history hangs heavier than the winter air. Across the Atlantic in a comfortable Dublin suburb, an acclaimed author prepares for her ritual afternoon tea with her two daughters — women shaped by the same upbringing yet orbiting entirely different emotional worlds. Finally, in Paris, Skye and Billy sift through the remnants of their late parents’ apartment, discovering that closure is rarely as tidy as a packed box.

Winner of the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 2025 Venice Film Festival, the film is a subtly haunting and wryly humorous meditation on the complexities of family dynamics. Director-driven and emotionally precise, it pairs its interwoven stories with a hypnotic soundtrack from former Cardiff musician Anika, whose atmospheric compositions deepen the film’s sense of memory, distance, and connection.

Father Mother Sister Brother invites audiences to reflect on the relationships that shape us most — the ones we inherit, outgrow, return to, and ultimately learn to understand.