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One Battle After Another
Plot
In One Battle After Another, Pat and Perfidia are lovers inside the French 75, a far-left militant group that hits detention centers and other government targets. Their raids put them on the radar of military officer Lockjaw, who becomes obsessed with Perfidia.
Perfidia has a daughter, Charlene, but leaves the family to keep fighting and ends up arrested. Pat runs with the baby, and the two start over under new names: Bob and Willa Ferguson.
Sixteen years later, Bob is a paranoid, permanently stoned recluse who barely leaves the house in a sanctuary city. Willa has grown up sharp and self-reliant, and she looks after herself better than her dad does. The quiet ends when Lockjaw, now a colonel and a hard-line anti-immigration figure, starts digging into the past again. He has personal reasons to find Willa, and he sends troops into town. Bob, rusty and unable to remember the old network's passwords, has to go after his daughter.
Inspired by Thomas Pynchon's 1990 novel Vineland
Official trailer
Awards and nominees
- Oscars 2026 · Best Picture
Beat: Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value, Sinners, Train Dreams - Oscars 2026 · Best Director
Beat: Hamnet (Chloé Zhao), Marty Supreme (Josh Safdie), Sentimental Value (Joachim Trier), Sinners (Ryan Coogler) - Oscars 2026 · Best Supporting Actor · Sean Penn
Beat: One Battle After Another (Benicio del Toro), Frankenstein (Jacob Elordi), Sinners (Delroy Lindo), Sentimental Value (Stellan Skarsgård) - Oscars 2026 · Best Adapted Screenplay
Beat: Bugonia (Will Tracy), Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro), Hamnet (Chloé Zhao e Maggie O'Farrell), Train Dreams (Clint Bentley e Greg Kwedar) - Golden Globes 2026 · Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Beat: Blue Moon, Bugonia, Marty Supreme, No Other Choice, Nouvelle Vague - Golden Globes 2026 · Best Director
Beat: Sinners (Ryan Coogler), Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro), It Was Just an Accident (Jafar Panahi), Sentimental Value (Joachim Trier), Hamnet (Chloé Zhao)
Trivia
- Much of the film was shot in VistaVision, a format barely used since the 1960s.
- It is Paul Thomas Anderson's most expensive film, at $130 million per Warner Bros. and $175 million per Variety.
- It grossed $213.1 million worldwide, the biggest box office of Anderson's career.
- At the 2026 Oscars it earned 13 nominations and won six, including Best Picture.
Cast
- Bob FergusonLeonardo DiCaprio
- Steven J. LockjawSean Penn
- Sergio St. CarlosBenicio del Toro
- DeandraRegina Hall
- Perfidia Beverly HillsTeyana Taylor
- Willa FergusonChase Infiniti
- LaredoWood Harris
- Mae WestAlana Haim
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
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