One Battle After Another follows the story of Bob Ferguson (Leonardo DiCaprio), an ex-revolutionary who, after many years in exile, is suddenly propelled into a race to save his daughter Willa (Chase Infiniti) and face his destructive past.
Instead of leaning into a formulaic deadbeat dad narrative, One Battle After Another follows a damaged man who does his best to fight through trauma to show up for his daughter -- even though he has no idea what the heck he's doing most of the time.
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Teyana Taylor and Leonardo DiCaprio star in One Battle After Another. Warner Bros.
I suppose the trainwreck he gets caught up in is what happens when you've got a criminal past you're running from and a teenage daughter you're trying to protect who really doesn't know much about the life you used to live.
Needless to say, there's a rift between them.
"You know, he's this ex-revolutionary that's trying to relate to his daughter, but then they're in the midst of a fight," DiCaprio told me during press interviews for the movie. "They're not getting along; they're disconnected, and then all of a sudden his past comes back to haunt him."
Before his daughter was born, Bob was the explosives expert in a revolutionary group called the French 75. He was known by names like Ghetto Pat and Rocket Man. He and his girlfriend, Perfidia (Teyana Taylor), made their living by blowing up the establishment (literally).
Then their daughter came into the picture.
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