NEW ANTHONY
HOPKINS FILM, THE FATHER, RAKES
IN FOUR GOLDEN GLOBE AND TWO SAG NOMINATIONS
Nominations for
the new Anthony Hopkins film, THE
FATHER are pouring in from
all over the entertainment industry. The film, which is based on an
award-winning play, has just been nominated for four Golden Globe and two Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards and has already won the coveted Audience Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival in 2020.
Florian Zeller’s debut motion picture (as director) is an
accurate and somewhat unsettling account of both what it is like to love
someone with dementia, and what it is like to live as someone with dementia. It
not only received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture Drama, but Zeller and his
long-time collaborator – Christopher
Hampton –
also bagged a
nomination for Best Screenplay.
Anthony Hopkins, who masterfully portrays the dementia-afflicted
man,
has received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion
Picture Drama and a SAG nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a
Leading Role, while Olivia
Colman has been nominated as Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting
Role in any Motion Picture and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a
Supporting Role. The winners of the 78th Annual Golden Globe
Awards will be announced live on air on 28 February 2021, and the winners of
the 27th SAG Awards on 4 April 2021.
Hopkins is also expected to receive a Best Actor Academy Award nomination later this year for his devastatingly emotive
performance.
The story, that starts out
as a simple drama about a middle-aged daughter who is losing patience with her
elderly father who refuses to allow a carer to look after him as his grip on
reality is fading, is deliberately told through the eyes of the elderly father,
whose life has become a source of ever-disorienting confusion. With the
characters and locations constantly shifting – resulting in the viewer feeling
as confused as Anthony is. It is disorienting and surreal, but it speaks
volumes to living with dementia.
Hopkins and Colman are
supported by an excellent cast, including Mark Gatiss, Imogen Poots, Rufus Sewell and Olivia Williams.
THE FATHER offers a heart-rending account of what
happens when a relationship, which has functioned in a certain way for decades,
suddenly changes, but also celebrates the unbreakable bond between parent and
child.
It is distributed locally by Filmfinity Pty (Ltd.) and will be released in South African cinemas on 26 March 2021.
Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TZb7YfK-JI
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