Florian Zeller Festival: The Father

United Kingdom, France, 2020, 97'
By: Florian Zeller

Cankarjev dom Cinema Florian Zeller Festival: The Father

Written by: Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller (based on Zeller’s eponymous play)
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss, Imogen Poots, Rufus Sewell

Anthony, a former engineer, declines all offers of help from his daughter Anne as he ages. The Father is a film about a headstrong man who does not want and does not need assistance, about the effect his condition (and behaviour) has on his close relatives, especially his daughter. Trying to make sense of his deteriorating circumstances, Anthony begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of reality.