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The Father

Movie · 2020 · 97 min

A disorienting, heartbreaking plunge into a fading mind, where rooms and faces shift and you share the confusion and grief.

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2020 film directed by Florian Zeller
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Year
2020
Runtime
97 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • aging
  • family
  • identity
  • isolation
Places
  • home
  • big city
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror4
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight10

Details

Genres
drama, psychological
Directed by
Florian Zeller
Written by
Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller
Starring
Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Olivia Williams, Imogen Poots, Rufus Sewell, Mark Gatiss
Music
Ludovico Einaudi
Cinematography
Ben Smithard
Runtime
97 min
Country
France, United Kingdom
Languages
English

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