Taking its title from The Smiths» iconic 1987 album, which borrows the line from the 1945 Elizabeth Smart poem «By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept,» Trier's visceral, complex film explores the strained familial bonds of three men, which are torn asunder by the death of their
matriarch, Isabelle (played by Isabelle Huppert), once a celebrated
war photographer.