

Pedro Pascal trades guns for a cello and breaks your heart anyway.
Acting
Pascal's hands actually learned cello—no faking those calluses.
Score
Live cello recordings bleed into the narrative like a fourth character.

Director
Tony Gilroy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pascal trained with a Juilliard cellist for six months; the instrument in the film is a 1923 Matteo Goffriller worth $180,000.
The film's structure mirrors a four-movement symphony—exposition, development, recapitulation, coda—with each family member carrying a thematic voice.