The Father

 

The Father 2020

• Director: Florian Zeller
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Coleman, Mark Gatiss, Olivia Williams, Imogen Poots Rufus Sewell, Ayesha Dharker
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Anthony Hopkins – many including Titus
• Olivia Coleman – The Favourite, Murder on the Orient Express, Broadchurch, The Night Manager, The Thirteenth Tale, I Give It a Year, Tyrannosaur, Doctor Who, Hot Fuzz, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Re-Told, The Office
• Mark Gatiss – The Favourite, Christopher Robin, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, Sherlock, Absolutely Fabulous the Movie, Our Kind of Traitor, London Spy, Victor Frankenstein, Wolf Hall, Being Human, Starter for 10, Bright Young Things, Birthday Girl
• Olivia Williams - Victoria & Abdul, Hanna, The Ghost Writer, An Education, Tara Road, Born Romantic, The Sixth Sense, The Postman
• Imogen Poots – I Kill Giants, A Long Way Down, Filth, Fright Night, Jane Eyre, 28 Weeks Later, V for Vendetta
• Rufus Sewell – many including The Taming of the Shrew Re-Told
• Ayesha Dharker – Doctor Who, Colour Me Kubrick, Star Wars
• Why? The cast
• Seen:  5 January 2024

        The father (Hopkins) suffers from severe dementia. He lives with his daughter Anne (Coleman). Or does he? He has a carer. Or does he? He likes her. Or maybe he doesn’t. Who is she? She’s not the same as yesterday. What is this place? Is it his flat? Anne’s flat? Somewhere else? Anne is moving to Paris. No, she isn’t. But she is.

       Dementia seen from the inside. Tragic. Terrifying.

       Beautifully acted. Worthy of all the stars.

       

5* of 5