After decades in front of the screen, beloved actor Viggo Mortensen is making his directorial debut with the family drama, screening now on the festival circuit. Mortensen directs and stars in the film as a gay man attempting to help his gruff, dementing father adjust to the final phase of his life. According to the official synopsis:
John lives with his partner, Eric , and their daughter, Mónica , in California, far from the traditional rural life he left behind years ago. John’s father, Willis , a headstrong man from a bygone era, lives alone on the isolated farm where John grew up. Willis is in the early stages of dementia, making running the farm on his own increasingly difficult, so John brings him to stay at his California home so that he and his sister Sarah might help him find a place near them to relocate to.
Mortensen, Henriksen and Linney—that’s a pretty strong dramatic trifecta right there, with Henriksen in particular receiving a lot of early praise for his performance as the intolerant father. Supporting players include Terry Chen, Sverrir Gudnason, Hannah Gross and Bracken Burns.had its world premiere at Sundance 2020, and has also been playing at Cannes, TIFF and others.
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