The Place Beyond the Pines - wikipedia The Place Beyond the Pines The Place Beyond the Pines Theatrical release poster Directed by Derek Cianfrance Produced by Sidney Kimmel Jamie Patricof Lynette Howell Alex Orlovsky Screenplay by Derek Cianfrance Ben Coccio Darius Marder Story by Derek Cianfrance Ben Coccio Starring Ryan Gosling Bradley Cooper Eva Mendes Ben Mendelsohn Ray Liotta Emory Cohen Music by Mike Patton Cinematography Sean Bobbitt Edited by Jim Helton Ron Patane Production companies Sidney Kimmel Entertainment Electric City Entertainment Verisimilitude Distributed by Focus Features Release date September 7, 2012 ( 2012 - 09 - 07 ) ( TIFF ) March 29, 2013 ( 2013 - 03 - 29 ) ( United States ) Running time 140 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $15 million Box office $47 million The Place Beyond the Pines is a 2012 American crime drama film directed by Derek Cianfrance and written by Cianfrance, Ben Coccio, and Darius Marder. It stars Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Emory Cohen and Dane DeHaan, with Ben Mendelsohn, Rose Byrne, Mahershala Ali, Bruce Greenwood, Harris Yulin, and Ray Liotta in supporting roles. The film reunites Cianfrance and Gosling, who worked together on 2010s Blue Valentine. The film was scored by Mike Patton and also featured previously written music by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. The title is the English meaning of the city of Schenectady, New York, which is derived loosely from a Mohawk word for `` place beyond the pine plains. '' Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Reception 3.1 Box office 3.2 Critical reception 3.2. 1 Top ten lists 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External links Plot In 1997, Luke Glanton ( Gosling ) is a locally well - known motorcycle stuntman working in a traveling act for state fairs. During a fair in Schenectady, New York, Luke reunites with his ex-lover Romina Gutierrez ( Mendes ) and drives her home. He asks her out on a date, but she declines, as she has become involved with another man named Kofi Kancam ( Ali ). Luke later returns and discovers that Romina has a baby son named Jason that he fathered which she never revealed to him. Luke does not want their son to grow up without knowing who his father was, as he himself suffered the same fate. Luke quits his job to support Romina and their son, but Romina is reluctant to have him in their son 's life due to his insufficient means as a provider. He turns to a local auto repair shop owner, Robin Van Der Hook, for part - time employment as he repeatedly attempts to insert himself into his son 's life. Earning little, Luke asks Robin for more work so he can contribute to his son 's care, which he is unable to obtain. Robin reveals he was once a bank robber and offers to partner with Luke in hitting several local banks. Luke is reluctant at first, but after planning and preparing for the heists with Robin they perform a few successful scores, in which Luke performs the robbery then uses his motorcycle as a getaway vehicle and hides it in a box truck driven by Robin. Luke uses his share of the money to win back Romina 's trust and visits her and his son more often. During the emotional affair Luke takes Jason and Romina out for ice cream for Jason 's first time and remarks happily that everytime Jason has ice cream he 'll think of Luke. The three bond as a family and get a photo to capture the blissful moment. Kofi objects to Luke 's presence when he enters the house without his knowledge to build a crib for Jason as he had been sleeping in a bed. The two get into a fight at Kofi 's house, resulting in Luke 's arrest after he hits Kofi in the head with a hammer. Romina files a restraining order against Luke, vowing that he will never see his son again. After Robin bails him out of jail, Luke gives his savings of $14000 to Romina and insists she gives it to Jason when he 's older. Luke then insists on resuming their bank robberies, this time much riskier. Robin objects, not wanting to press their luck, and the two have a falling - out that results in Robin dismantling the motorcycle and Luke, at gunpoint, taking back the bail money he had repaid Robin in order to buy a new bike. Luke rushes his next attempt to rob a bank alone, not properly preparing and is pursued by police. After blowing a tire and crashing during the chase, he seeks refuge in a house, chased on foot by rookie police officer Avery Cross ( Cooper ). Luke retreats until he is cornered upstairs and calls Romina. Just before Avery confronts him, Luke asks Romina not to tell their child about who he was. Avery enters the room and fires his gun, hitting Luke in the stomach. Luke fires back, hitting Avery in the leg before falling backwards out of the window to his death. Upon being questioned about the shooting, Avery reluctantly lies and states that Luke fired first. Avery gains hero status in the community after killing Luke, but feels remorse, especially as Avery and his fellow officers illegally seize the stolen money from Romina 's home by having Avery lift Jason out of his crib to steal the money his father had left him. He later attempts to return the money to Romina, but she rejects his offer, telling him not to ruin her son 's life any further. Avery eventually tries to turn the money in to the chief of police, who rebuffs him, and says he does not want to get involved or see Avery inform on his colleagues. Following the advice of his father, a retired judge, Avery tape records a fellow officer asking him to illegally remove cocaine from the evidence locker Avery is supervising. Avery uses the recording to expose the illegal practices in the police department and pressures the district attorney to hire him - -- a law school graduate -- - as an assistant district attorney. Fifteen years later, Avery, now the Schenectady County District Attorney, is running for Attorney General of New York and has to deal with his now - teenage son A.J., who has gotten into trouble with drugs. Avery has separated from his wife Jennifer and agrees to have A.J. move into his home. A.J. transfers to Schenectady High School. There, A.J. befriends a grundgey boy named Jason Kancam ( DeHaan ) ; neither A.J. nor Jason knows that Jason is Luke 's son or the history between their fathers. The two bond at first skipping class to smoke weed, and are later arrested for felony drug possession after A.J. asks Jason to help him score ecstasy. When Avery is called in to pick up his son, he recognizes Jason 's name. He uses his influence to get Jason 's charge dropped to a misdemeanor and orders A.J. to stay away from Jason, which makes A.J. more curious about him. Jason seeks the truth about his biological father, whom Romina refuses to discuss with him. Kofi, who now has a daughter with Romina, finally tells Jason his father 's name after getting ice cream in the same place Luke took Jason 15 years ago, making Luke 's comment about Jason thinking of him everytime he has ice cream true. Jason discovers Luke 's dark past on the Internet. He visits Robin 's auto shop, and Robin tells Jason more about Luke, including his superior motorbiking skills. Robin shows Jason a newspaper article with a photo of his father and the officer who killed him. Back in school, A.J. pressures Jason to steal Oxycontin from a pharmacy and bring it to his house for a party. Jason does so in a manner that 's similar to his father 's robberies. When he enters the house, Jason sees a framed photograph of Avery and realizes that A.J. 's father is the man who killed his own father. Jason confronts A.J., but the two get into a heated argument and Jason is hospitalized after A.J. beats him. The next morning, Jason buys a gun, breaks into the Cross family home, and beats A.J. with it. When Avery arrives, Jason takes him hostage and orders him to drive into the woods. Although Jason intends to kill Avery, he reconsiders after Avery breaks down and tearfully apologizes for killing Jason 's father. Jason takes Avery 's wallet from his jacket and leaves. In the wallet, Jason finds the happy picture of him, Romina and Luke as a family, which Avery had stolen from the evidence locker as a sign of his remorse. The police take Avery home, where he finds EMTs treating A.J. 's wounds. Sometime later, Avery wins his bid for New York Attorney General, with A.J. at his side. Romina receives an envelope addressed to `` Mom ''. Inside is the old photograph of herself with Luke and an infant Jason, which makes Romina burst into tears that Jason learned the truth about his father. Jason purchases a motorcycle and the seller asks him, `` You ever ridden one of these before ? '' Jason says nothing as he starts the bike and rides away from his old life in a manner identical to his father. Cast Ryan Gosling as Luke Glanton Bradley Cooper as Avery Cross Eva Mendes as Romina Gutierrez Dane DeHaan as Jason Glanton / Kancam Emory Cohen as A.J. Cross Ben Mendelsohn as Robin Van Der Hook Rose Byrne as Jennifer Cross Mahershala Ali as Kofi Kancam Bruce Greenwood as Bill Killcullen Ray Liotta as Peter Deluca Harris Yulin as Albert Cross Robert Clohessy as Chief Weirzbowski Olga Merediz as Malena Gutierrez Reception Box Office The Place Beyond the Pines premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2012 ; it received a limited release in the United States on March 29, 2013 and was widely released on April 12, 2013. The film grossed $279,457 from 4 theaters with an average of $69,864 per theater. The film ended up earning $21,403,519 in North America and $14,082,089 internationally for a total of $35,485,608, above its $15 million production budget. Critical reception The Place Beyond the Pines received positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a rating of 80 %, based on 197 reviews, with an average score of 7.3 / 10. The site 's critical consensus reads, `` Ambitious to a fault, The Place Beyond the Pines finds writer / director Derek Cianfrance reaching for -- and often grasping -- thorny themes of family, fatherhood, and fate. '' On Metacritic has a score of 68 out of 100, based on 42 critics, indicating `` generally favorable reviews ''. Writing for the Indiewire `` Playlist '' blog, Kevin Jagernauth praised the film as an `` ambitious epic that is cut from some of the same thematic tissue as Cianfrance 's previous film, but expands the scope into a wondrously widescreen tale of fathers, sons and the legacy of sins that are passed down through the generations ''. David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter praised the acting, cinematography, atmosphere, and score, but criticized the film 's narrative flow. In The Daily Telegraph, Robbie Collin drew attention to the film 's `` lower - key and largely unstarry third act '' that was criticized in early reviews. `` In fact, it 's the key to deciphering the entire film, '' he wrote. Collin drew parallels between Gosling 's character and James Dean 's Jim Stark in Rebel Without a Cause, and said Cianfrance 's film was `` great American cinema of the type we keep worrying we 've already lost. '' Henry Barnes of The Guardian gave a mixed review, writing : `` The Place Beyond the Pines is ambitious and epic, perhaps to a fault. It 's a long, slow watch in the final act, a detour into the next generation that sees the sons of Luke and Avery pick away at their daddy issues together. Cianfrance signposts the ripple effects of crime with giant motorway billboards, then pootles along, following a storyline that drops off Mendes and Byrne before winding on to its obvious conclusion. '' A negative review came from Slant Magazine 's Ed Gonzalez, who criticized the film 's plot, themes, `` self - importance '', shallow characters, and melodramatic nature. Top ten lists 5th -- Randy Myers, San Jose Mercury News 6th -- Kristopher Tapley, Hitfix 6th -- Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair 7th -- Total Film 9th -- Den of Geek 9th -- Kyle Smith, New York Post 10th -- Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post 10th -- Steve Persall, The Tampa Bay Times No order -- Stephen Witty, The Star - Ledger No order -- Claudia Puig, USA Today References Jump up ^ `` The Place Beyond the Pines ''. Australian Classification. Department of Communications and the Arts. 2013 - 03 - 14. Retrieved 2017 - 02 - 13. Duration : 140 minutes ^ Jump up to : `` The Place Beyond the Pines ( 2013 ) ''. Box Office Mojo. Jump up ^ Fleming, Jr., Mike ( January 10, 2012 ). `` Indie Film Producers Lynette Howell And Jamie Patricof Launch Electric City Banner ''. Deadline. Retrieved November 18, 2014. Jump up ^ http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Place-Beyond-the-Pines-The#tab=summary Jump up ^ Pearson, Jonathan. `` A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times ''. SchenectadyHistory.org. July 30, 2009. Retrieved September 28, 2009. Jump up ^ Scott, A.O. ( March 28, 2013 ). `` Good Intentions, Paving the Usual ''. The New York Times. Jump up ^ Chitwood, Adam ( October 16, 2012 ). `` The Place Beyond the Pines, Starring Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper, Set for Limited Release on March 29, 2013 ''. Collider. Retrieved October 17, 2012. Jump up ^ `` The Place Beyond the Pines ''. Rotten Tomatoes ( Flixster ). 2013 - 01 - 21. Jump up ^ `` The Place Beyond The Pines Reviews ''. Metacritic ( CBS Interactive ). Retrieved 18 March 2013. Jump up ^ Jagernauth, Kevin ( 2012 - 09 - 07 ). `` TIFF Review : ' The Place Beyond The Pines ' A Searing Tale Of Fathers, Sons & The Legacy Of Sins ''. The Playlist. Retrieved 18 March 2013. Jump up ^ Rooney, David. `` The Place Beyond the Pines : Toronto Review ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 March 2013. Jump up ^ Collin, Robbie ( 2013 - 04 - 11 ). `` The Place Beyond the Pines, review ''. Jump up ^ Barnes, Henry ( 2012 - 09 - 08 ). `` The Place Beyond the Pines -- review ''. The Guardian. Retrieved 18 March 2013. Jump up ^ Gonzalez, Ed ( 2013 - 03 - 15 ). `` The Place Beyond The Pines ''. Slant Magazine. Retrieved 18 March 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` 2013 Film Critic Top Ten Lists Film ''. Metacritic. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2015. Further reading LaSalle, Mick. `` ' Place Beyond the Pines ' addresses moral conflicts ''. Houston Chronicle. April 4, 2013. 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Question: where does the place beyond the pines take place
Answer: Schenectady, New York,