El Father Plays Himself
Mo Scarpelli / VE, GB, US, IT, 2020 / 105 min.
Documentary maker Mo Scarpelli followed a father and his director son on a shoot deep in the Venezuelan jungle. Scarpelli explores the father-son dynamics, shifting from explosive to enviably intimate and back again, with a sharp eye for detail and emotion.
“Riveting intensity... a tantalizing house of mirrors. (Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter)
“A deeply human portrayal (Emiliano Granada, Variety)
“An extreme “making-of” in the tradition of Les Blank”s Burden of Dreams… a richly textured experience (Jonathan Romney, Screen International)
Details
Director
Mo Scarpelli
Production year
2020
Country
VE, GB, US, IT
Original title
El Father Plays Himself
Length
105 min.
Language
Spanish
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