The Place Beyond The Pines (2013) is a beautifully complex film written and directed by Derek Cianfrance. It's told in triptych, meaning that The Place Beyond The Pines is essentially made up of three different films. The film tells the story of the bond between two families (both from different social classes), whose paths cross over two generations in Schenectady, a town in New York [3]. In The Place Beyond the Pines, the criminal, his deviant journey and his possible run-ins with the police, simply serve as catalysts from which the true objective of the film emerges [2]. It draws attention to the relationships between fathers and sons and explores the roles that fate, circumstance and chance can play in a person's life. Cianfrance used postmodernism, neorealism, descriptive and prescriptive models, and Freudian theories when he wrote The Place Beyond The Pines and this is seen throughout the film. The first act of The Place Beyond The Pines revolves around the story of Luke Glanton, played by Ryan. Gosling. Luke is a motorcycle stuntman for a traveling circus, but he gives it all up when he discovers he has a son named Jason. Jason is the son of Luke and Romina (Eva Mendes). Luke wants to be a part of his son's life, but Romina has already found a new man. Since Luke gave up his job, he no longer has the financial stability to support his son. So he meets a man named Robin (Ben Mendelsohn) and they start robbing banks. Luke's flying days don't last long and he is soon chased and eventually shot dead by a rookie cop named Avery Cross (Bradley Cooper). The two pass each other for a few seconds and their worlds collide. It is the conclusion of the first act and leads into the second act, which focuses on Avery Cross, but it is surprising that ...... middle of paper ...... matters. Np, August 6, 2013. Web. March 19, 2014.[3] http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/apr/14/place-beyond-the-pines-reviewFrench, Philip. "The place Beyond the Pines." The Observer. Guardian News and Media, April 14, 2013. Web. March 19, 2014.[4] http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-place-beyond-the-pines-2013-1 Roeper, Richard. "The place Beyond the Pines." All content. Np, April 3, 2013. Web. March 19, 2014.[5] http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/04/18/pine-a18.htmlWalsh, David. “The Place Beyond the Pines: Fathers and Sons.” WSWS. ICFI, April 18, 2013. Web. March 19, 2014.[6] Rosalind Coward, Sacred Cows (London 1999) p. 130[7] Patrick Casement, Further Learning from the Patient (London 1997) p. 68 and p. 116[8] Salman Akhtar, Complete Dictionary of Psychoanalysis (2009) p. 106[9] Erich Neumann, The origins and history of consciousness (1995) p.. 190