El Father Plays Himself
2020
⭐7.0(2 votes)
1h 45m
Documentary
Overview
A young film director returns to Venezuela, inspired to make a film based on his father's life in the Amazon jungle (La Fortaleza, Jorge Thielen Armand). He casts Father to play himself. What starts as an act of love and ambition — filmmaking to more deeply understand the self, and the other — spirals into a process which confronts Father’s struggles with addiction and his life devoid of his son. EL FATHER PLAYS HIMSELF holds a steady lens to the way the act of cinema unearths, binds, heals and destroys.
About El Father Plays Himself
El Father Plays Himself (2020) is a Documentary film that follows a young film director returns to Venezuela, inspired to make a film based on his father's life in the Amazon jungle (La Fortaleza, Jorge Thielen Armand). He casts Father to play himself. What starts as an act of love and ambition — filmmaking to more deeply understand the self, and the other — spirals into a process which confronts Father’s struggles with addiction and his life devoid of his son. EL FATHER PLAYS HIMSELF holds a steady lens to the way the act of cinema unearths, binds, heals and destroys. Currently, you can watch El Father Plays Himself on GuideDoc. Streaming availability may vary by country and platform over time. It has a user rating of 7.0 out of 10 from 2 votes. Fans of documentary movies may also want to explore similar titles below.
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