2020 1h 37m Florian Zeller

The Father

Name: The Father
Genre: Drama
Released: 2020
Rating: 8.2
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss, Olivia Williams

★ 8.2 IMDb

Drama

A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages. When he tries to understand what is happening around him, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.

Writers Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampton

Cast Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss, Olivia Williams

DP Ben Smithard

Production Designer Peter Francis

Music Ludovico Einaudi

Essays and Criticism

On this film

The Father (Petar Valchanov & Kristina Grozeva, Bulgaria/Greece/Italy) by Michael Sicinski, Cinema Scope Separation Anxiety by Pamela Cohn, FIPRESCI The Father by Hannah Strong, Little White Lies

In conversation with other films

Identities Are Made Out of Memories by Bart Versteirt, photogénie

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Awards & Festivals

Nominated Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Nominated Academy Award for Best Film Editing

Nominated Academy Award for Best Picture

Nominated Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Won European Film Award for Best Screenwriter

Nominated Academy Award for Best Production Design

Nominated European Film Award for Best Actor

Won César Award for Best Foreign Film

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