7.0El Father Plays Himself · 2020
El Father Plays Himself (2020) is a Documentary film directed by Mo Scarpelli, starring Jorge Thielen Armand, Jorge Thielen Hedderich, Rodrigo Michelangeli.
Documentary
7.0Overview
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.
Cast
Jorge Thielen Armand, Jorge Thielen Hedderich, Rodrigo Michelangeli
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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.
When was "El Father Plays Himself" released?
El Father Plays Himself was released in 2020.
Who stars in "El Father Plays Himself"?
The cast includes Jorge Thielen Armand, Jorge Thielen Hedderich, Rodrigo Michelangeli.
