Directed by:
Jane CampionScreenplay:
Jane CampionCinematography:
Ari WegnerComposer:
Jonny GreenwoodCast:
Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Thomasin McKenzie, Frances Conroy, Keith Carradine, Adam Beach, Geneviève Lemon (more)Plots(1)
Jane Campion returns to the kind of mythic frontier landscape - pulsating with both freedom and menace - that she previously traversed in The Piano in order to plumb the masculine psyche in The Power of the Dog. Set against the desolate plains of 1920s Montana and adapted by the filmmaker from Thomas Savage’s novel. After a sensitive widow (Kirsten Dunst) and her enigmatic, fiercely loving son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) move in with her gentle new husband (Jesse Plemons), a tense battle of wills plays out between them and his brutish brother (Benedict Cumberbatch), whose frightening volatility conceals a secret torment, and whose capacity for tenderness, once reawakened, may offer him redemption or destruction. Campion, who won an Academy Award for her direction here, charts the repressed desire and psychic violence coursing among these characters with the mesmerizing control of a master at the height of her powers. (Criterion)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 2022 - Jane Campion (Best Achievement in Directing)
- 2022 - Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Jane Campion, Roger Frappier, Tanya Seghatchian (Best Motion Picture of the Year)
- 2022 - Benedict Cumberbatch (Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role)
- 2022 - Jesse Plemons (Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role)
- 2022 - Kodi Smit-McPhee (Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role)
- 2022 - Kirsten Dunst (Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role)
- 2022 - Jane Campion (Best Adapted Screenplay)
- 2022 - Ari Wegner (Best Achievement in Cinematography)
- 2022 - Peter Sciberras (Best Achievement in Film Editing)
- 2022 - Jonny Greenwood (Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score))
- 2022 - Amber Richards, Grant Major (Best Achievement in Production Design)
- 2022 - Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie, Tara Webb (Best Sound)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 2022 - Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Jane Campion, Roger Frappier, Tanya Seghatchian (Best Film)
- 2022 - Jane Campion (Best Director)
- 2022 - Benedict Cumberbatch (Best Leading Actor)
- 2022 - Jesse Plemons (Best Supporting Actor)
- 2022 - Kodi Smit-McPhee (Best Supporting Actor)
- 2022 - Jane Campion (Best Adapted Screenplay)
- 2022 - Ari Wegner (Best Cinematography)
- 2022 - Jonny Greenwood (Best Music)
Robert Awards (Danish Film Awards)
- 2022 - Jane Campion (Best English Language Film)
AACTA International Awards
- 2022 - Best Film
- 2022 - Benedict Cumberbatch (Best Actor)
- 2022 - Kodi Smit-McPhee (Best Supporting Actor)
- 2022 - Jane Campion (Best Direction)
- 2022 - Kirsten Dunst (Best Supporting Actress)
- 2022 - Jane Campion (Best Screenplay)
Golden Globes
- 2022 - Best Motion Picture – Drama
- 2022 - Jane Campion (Best Director)
- 2022 - Kodi Smit-McPhee (Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture)
- 2022 - Jane Campion (Best Screenplay)
- 2022 - Benedict Cumberbatch (Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama)
- 2022 - Kirsten Dunst (Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture)
- 2022 - Jonny Greenwood (Best Original Score)
Critics Choice Awards
- 2022 - Best Picture
- 2022 - Jane Campion (Best Director)
- 2022 - Jane Campion (Best Adapted Screenplay)
- 2022 - Ari Wegner (Best Cinematography)
- 2022 - Benedict Cumberbatch (Best Actor)
- 2022 - Kodi Smit-McPhee (Best Supporting Actor)
- 2022 - Kirsten Dunst (Best Supporting Actress)
- 2022 - Best Acting Ensemble
- 2022 - Peter Sciberras (Best Editing)
- 2022 - Jonny Greenwood (Best Score)
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2021 - Best Film
- 2021 - Jane Campion (Best Director)
- 2021 - Kodi Smit-McPhee (Best Supporting Actor)
- 2021 - Jane Campion (Best Adapted Screenplay)
- 2021 - Ari Wegner (Best Cinematography)
- 2021 - Benedict Cumberbatch (Best Actor)
- 2021 - Kirsten Dunst (Best Supporting Actress)
- 2021 - Jonny Greenwood (Best Soundtrack and Score)
- 2021 - Best Ensemble Cast
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 2021 - Jane Campion (Best Director)
- 2021 - Kodi Smit-McPhee (Best Supporting Actor)
- 2021 - Ari Wegner (Best Cinematography)
- 2021 - Best Film
- 2021 - Benedict Cumberbatch (Best Actor)
- 2021 - Jonny Greenwood (Best Music Score)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2021 - Jane Campion (Best Director)
- 2021 - Benedict Cumberbatch (Best Actor)
- 2021 - Kodi Smit-McPhee (Best Supporting Actor)
Venice Film Festival
- 2021 - Jane Campion (Silver Lion - Award for Best Director)
- 2021 - Jane Campion (Golden Lion for Best Film)
Toronto International Film Festival
- 2021 - Jane Campion (People's Choice Award)
San Sebastián International Film Festival
- 2022 - Jane Campion (FIPRESCI Film of the Year)
- 2021 - Jane Campion (Sebastiane Award)