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.
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Movie Details: El Father Plays Himself
| Title | El Father Plays Himself |
| Genre(s) | Documentary |
| Release | April 25, 2020 |
| 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. |
| Language(s) | Español |
| Director | Mo Scarpelli |
| Casts | Jorge Thielen Armand, Jorge Thielen Hedderich, Jorge Thielen Armand, Jorge Thielen Hedderich |
| Duration | 1 Hour and 45 Minutes |
| Rating | 7.0 |
