At first glance this clip of Sean Penn's kooky rock star in This Must Be The Place looks like Robert Smith's take on The Straight Story. Which isn't too far from the truth. Any resemblance to the Cure frontman is purely deliberate in Penn's performance - Smith was a conscious jumping-off point for the radically tousled ex-rocker Cheyenne - but the road trip he's embarking on here owes even more to The Boys From Brazil.

Directed by Paolo Sorrentino, whose political thriller Il Divo won him a stack of plaudits in 2009, This Must Be The Place sees Cheyenne tap into his inner Expendable to hunt down the Nazi who killed his father. Helping in his unlikely quest is the ever-wonderful Judd Hirsch as a Simon Wiesenthal-alike Nazi hunter and the also-ever-wonderful Frances McDormand as Cheyenne's long-suffering wife.

Moments of Lynchian weirdness sit cheek-by-jowl with a poignant exploration of a troubled soul. If you're a fan of the leftfield end of the arthouse spectrum, Sean Penn's bold choices or just have a soft spot for his Hair Bear hair, this is definitely for you. Click on the new poster below for a closer look.

This Must Be The Place is out via Trinity Films on April 6.