El Father Plays Himself

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El Father Plays Himself

2020

1h 45m

Documentary

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A father and son return to the Amazon jungle to shoot a deeply personal film.

Cath Clarke

Guardian

Jul 2

3/5

It’s thought-provoking stuff.

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Peter Keough

Boston Globe

Jul 2

Once in front of the camera Roque Thielen transforms his bad behavior into great cinema.

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Ben Nicholson

Sight & Sound

May 13

It is true that Scarpelli’s camerawork is beautiful enough to slot neatly into a feature film. In amongst the action she manages to balance a febrile intimacy – in the moments of high tension – with sumptuous and lyrical compositions.

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Joshua Brunsting

The CriterionCast

2h

A tender and thoughtful hybrid feature, the film’s maybe a pinch long but it’s in the service of a humanist portrait of a universal relationship and all the knottiness that comes with any parent/child connection.

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Joonatan Itkonen

Region Free

Jul 2

5/5

Scarpelli is a talented and delicate filmmaker. Her eye for human interaction is exquisite; it knows precisely where to capture fleeting moments before they are lost.

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Sarah Kent

The Arts Desk

08/09/2021

4/5

Since they are not acting but are genuinely experiencing difficult and conflicting emotions, it makes for extremely intense and intimate cinema.

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Mo Scarpelli

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Jorge Thielen Hedderich

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Manon Ardisson

Producer

Rodrigo Michelangeli

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Gordon Culley

Executive Producer

Justin Madhany

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Synopsis

A father and son return to the Amazon jungle to shoot a deeply personal film.

Director: Mo Scarpelli
Producer: Manon Ardisson, Rodrigo Michelangeli
Production Co: Channel 6 Media, Rake Films, La Faena, Ardimages, TRES Cinematografía
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Spanish
Runtime: 1h 45m