El Father Plays Himself
El Father como sí mismo
“A father and son return to the Amazon jungle to shoot a deeply personal film. Fiction and reality clash as father plays himself.”
Synopsis
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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EL FATHER PLAYS HIMSELF // trailer
Type: Trailer • Published 2020-11-23
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Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Mo Scarpelli
- Original Title
- El Father como sí mismo
- Country of Origin
- Italy, United Kingdom, United States of America, Venezuela
- Spoken Languages
- Spanish
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Production Studios
- Rake Films, Ardimages, La Faena Films
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Mo Scarpelli
Juan Soto Taborda
Rodrigo Michelangeli, Manon Ardisson
Department Leadership Roster
Rodrigo Michelangeli
Producer
Manon Ardisson
Producer
Mo Scarpelli
Director
Juan Soto Taborda
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What is El Father Plays Himself about?
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.
Who directed El Father Plays Himself?
El Father Plays Himself was directed by Mo Scarpelli.
Who stars in El Father Plays Himself?
The principal cast of El Father Plays Himself includes Jorge Thielen Armand, Jorge Thielen Hedderich, Rodrigo Michelangeli.
When was El Father Plays Himself released and how long is it?
El Father Plays Himself was released in 2020 with a total runtime of 1h 45m.