Anthony, 80 years old, rejects all the caregivers his daughter, Anne, hires to help him, leading her to exhaustion.
There are films that are good, others that are really good, and then there is a very restricted selection where The Father is in.
Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman are two colossus, of those who do not need awards to be recognized.
The aspect of continuity in this film is at a level that I don't remember seeing in a long time, being almost perfect from start to finish.
The cinematography is really smart, confusing everything and everyone, with transitions between scenarios and characters that leave the viewer with doubt and not knowing what to believe.
It's real, emotional, rational, in the midst of the irrationality of dementia, it's a desolate chaos that plants doubt and suspicion, and exposes the vulnerability and the absence, while present, of a person who is lost between memories and suffering.
There are films that are good, others that are really good, and then there is a very restricted selection where The Father is in.
Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman are two colossus, of those who do not need awards to be recognized.
The aspect of continuity in this film is at a level that I don't remember seeing in a long time, being almost perfect from start to finish.
The cinematography is really smart, confusing everything and everyone, with transitions between scenarios and characters that leave the viewer with doubt and not knowing what to believe.
It's real, emotional, rational, in the midst of the irrationality of dementia, it's a desolate chaos that plants doubt and suspicion, and exposes the vulnerability and the absence, while present, of a person who is lost between memories and suffering.