THE FATHER
| 2021 – 97′ – Drama – UK-France co-production.
Written by: Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampton.
Based on the Novel by: Christopher Hampton.
Directed by: Florian Zeller.
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss, Imogen Poots, Rufus Sewell, Olivia Williams, Ayesha Dharker.
Six Academy Awards nominations 2021. Winner Best International Film and Best Adapted Script. Official Selection Sundance International Film Festival 2021, Toronto International Film Festival 2020, Telluride Film Festival 2020.
In English.
A Sony Classic Pictures release. |
Anthony (Academy Award Winner, Anthony Hopkins) is 80, mischievous, living defiantly alone and rejecting the carers that his daughter, Anne (Academy Award and Golden Globe Winner, Olivia Colman), encouragingly introduces. Yet help is also becoming a necessity for Anne; she can’t make daily visits anymore and Anthony’s grip on reality is unraveling. As we experience the ebb and flow of his memory, how much of his own identity and past can Anthony cling to? How does Anne cope as she grieves the loss of her father, while he still lives and breathes before her? The Father warmly embraces real life, through loving reflection upon the vibrant human condition; heart-breaking and uncompromisingly poignant — a movie that nestles in the truth of our own lives.