![]() The Chief Steward, whom the brothers have repeatedly wronged, has them thrown off with all their luggage. The atmosphere finally comes to a head, and the brothers have a physical altercation on the train, distressing the other passengers. Peter and Jack are angry Francis knows they would not have come if they had been told this earlier. Francis eventually reveals that they will be meeting with their mother, who has become a nun living at a Christian convent in the Himalayas. The train takes the brothers through the countryside and to various Hindu temples, though tension builds as Peter, and Jack, the youngest, become infuriated with Francis' controlling behavior. The brothers also continue to grieve over their father's death: all three carry many items of luggage marked with his initials, along with other personal items that belonged to him. With the help of his assistant, Brendan, Francis draws up a strict itinerary for the trip and confiscates his brothers' passports to prevent them from getting off the train too early. ![]() He is also covertly searching for their mother Patricia, whom the brothers have not seen in many years. Peter reunites with his brothers Francis and Jack on board, the three having not seen each other since their father's funeral a year earlier.įrancis, the oldest, has recently survived a near-fatal motorcycle accident, leaving his face and head covered in bandages, and wishes to reconcile with his brothers on a journey of spiritual self-discovery. In India, a businessman fails to catch his train, "The Darjeeling Limited", as it pulls out of a station he is beaten to it by a younger man, Peter Whitman. The film premiered at the 64th Venice International Film Festival in competition for the Golden Lion and was named among the Top Films of the Year at the 2007 NYFCO Awards.Īnderson's Hotel Chevalier, starring Schwartzman and Portman, acts as a prologue to the film. ![]() The film received generally favorable reviews from critics and earned $35 million on a $17.5 million budget. The film was released on October 26, 2007, by Fox Searchlight Pictures. ![]() The cast also includes Waris Ahluwalia, Amara Karan, Barbet Schroeder, and Anjelica Huston, with Natalie Portman, Camilla Rutherford, Irrfan Khan, and Bill Murray in cameo roles. The film stars Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, and Schwartzman as three estranged brothers who agree to meet in India a year after their father's funeral for a "spiritual journey" aboard a luxury train. The Darjeeling Limited is a 2007 American comedy-drama film directed by Wes Anderson, which he co-produced with Scott Rudin, Roman Coppola, and Lydia Dean Pilcher, and co-wrote with Roman Coppola and Jason Schwartzman. ![]()
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