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.

Matt Turner

Little White Lies

Scarpelli demonstrates the ethical quandaries of personal filmmaking in an understated on-set case study.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 4, 2021

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Jonathan Romney

Screen International

The film doesn't overstate its thematic content, but offers compelling on-set drama with incidental insights into masculinity on the rails.

Apr 29, 2020

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Sheri Linden

Hollywood Reporter

A tantalizing house of mirrors.

Apr 27, 2020

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Sarah Kent

The Arts Desk

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

Rated: 4/5

Aug 9, 2021

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Lorry Kikta

Film Threat

If you like movies-within-movies, making-of documentaries, beautiful nature cinematography, and family drama, El Father Plays Himself has all that and more.

Rated: 8/10

Jan 22, 2021

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Christopher Llewellyn Reed

Hammer to Nail

Scarpelli ... is a gentle, observational presence, quietly gathering this remarkable footage of dysfunctional family dynamic with both sensitivity and confidence.

Nov 18, 2020

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Jorge Thielen Hedderich

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Manon Ardisson

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Rodrigo Michelangeli

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Gordon Culley

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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, Ardimages, La Faena, Rake Films, TRES Cinematografía
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Spanish
Runtime: 1h 45m