2020 · 97 min · PG-13

The Father

Name: The Father
Genre: Drama
Released: 2020
Duration: 97 min
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss, Olivia Williams, Imogen Poots

Directed by Florian Zeller · Drama

The Father (2020) is a Drama film, directed by Florian Zeller set in London during the 2010s. It runs 97 minutes and is rated PG-13.

Themes of mortality & aging, family & loyalty, and grief & loss play out through unreliable narrator and single location / bottle.

Composer

Ludovico Einaudi

Cinematography

Ben Smithard

Cast

Anthony HopkinsOlivia ColmanMark GatissOlivia WilliamsImogen PootsRufus SewellAyesha DharkerRoman Zeller

The world of this film

Setting

Where

London

Setting

Urban

When

2010s

Premise & themes

Themes

Mortality & Aging Family & Loyalty Grief & Loss

Structure

Unreliable Narrator Single Location / Bottle Non Linear / Fractured Timeline

Tone

BleakMelancholic

Shape

Protagonist

Solo Lead

Pacing

Measured

Dialogue

Talky Dialogue Driven

Based on

Pure Fiction

2002
28 Days Later
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Urban · Ruraldir. Danny Boyle
2007
28 Weeks Later
London — 2000s
Urbandir. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
1971
A Clockwork Orange
London — Near Future
Urbandir. Stanley Kubrick
2013
About Time
London · Cornwall — 2010s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Richard Curtis
1981
An American Werewolf in London
London · Yorkshire — 1980s
Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. John Landis
1969
Army of Shadows
Paris · Marseille · London — 1940s
Urbandir. Jean-Pierre Melville

The Father

The world of this film

Setting

Premise & themes

Shape

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