Cramped in the tight train compartment, the brothers cannot suppress their rivalries and resentments. Francis, the trio's ringleader, has arrived with his head bandaged because of a nearfatal motorcycle accident; Peter is about to become a father; Jack is rebounding from a bad relationship. (In the film's prologue, which will only be shown at the New York Film Festival and on the DVD version, we observe him and his ex played by Natalie Portman reconnoiter in a Paris hotel room). [Editor's note: The original version of this paragraph failed to note that this prologue was not included in the film's general theatrical release.]