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TIFF 2020 12
The Father
Base on the stage play by the same name, director Florian Zeller adapts his own play to the big screen, telling the story of Anthony (Sir Anthony Hopkins), an elderly man dealing with severe case of Alzheimer disease with some stages of dementia and his daughter Anne (Olivia Colman) who tries her best to take care of her father.
With the help of an unconventional script and some illusion-inducing cinematic techniques, we are seeing the most parts of the film from Anthony's viewpoint. Some scenes repeats themselves with completely another character replaced, some elements form the set are altered or entirely disappeared, even the house Anthony is living in may change completely and through these modifications we get to experience the dementia that is affecting Anthony (or many real life people for that matter) and his sense of perception.
This film makes brilliant use of every part and aspect to tell its story in the most compelling and intriguing way possible. Both performances by Hopkins and Colman are phenomenal and writer/director Zeller knows exactly what he wants to do and does it with eagerness and care. It is not certainly enjoyable per se, but it is surely thought-provoking and memorable.
score 8/10
mbrcf 17 September 2020
Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw6101059/ |
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