# Era mio padre (2002)

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**Original title**: *Road to Perdition*
**Runtime**: 117 min
**Genres**: Crime, Drama, Thriller
**Directed by**: Sam Mendes
**Written by**: David Self
**Starring**: Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Tyler Hoechlin, Daniel Craig, Stanley Tucci

> *Pray for Michael Sullivan.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Illinois, 1931. Winter wind. A child sees what he shouldn't. The taciturn enforcer, his father, and the hot-tempered heir now set on a collision course through Depression-era backroads.

A hardboiled yarn rendered with an elegiac eye.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, raw, tender

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 7.6/10 (296515 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 82% · Metacritic 72/100

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