Noah Baumbach · 2025 · rail

Noah Baumbach's 2025 film, starring George Clooney as a famous actor in crisis. Jay Kelly abruptly quits his next film and flies to Europe to chase his daughter, then boards a train south through Italy to accept a lifetime award in Tuscany, the journey becoming a long reckoning with the life he has and the lives he didn't.

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   Los Angeles

   Movie star Jay Kelly, mid-crisis, abruptly walks off his next film and flies to Europe to follow his grown daughter.

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   Paris

   He surprises his daughter in Paris, only for her to board a train, so he and his loyal manager follow.

3. 3
   Tuscany

   The train winds south through Italy to a film festival in Tuscany, his past rising to meet him at every stop.