The Father / Preview Screening + Lecture
Lecture by Dr. Yoram Maaravi, research manager and expert in geriatrics in the Jerusalem Institute of Aging Research–Hadassah University Hospital, and the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, who featured in the documentary series “80 & 4” that brought together elderly residents of an assisted-living complex with four-year-old children from a nearby kindergarten for joint activities. The lecture focuses on recent research on old age and dementia. Followed by a preview screening of the movie The Father. Starring Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins and Academy Award winner Olivia Colman, The Father was nominated for six Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards and four Bafta Awards. It was co-written and directed by Florian Zeller, in his directorial debut; he co-wrote it with fellow award-winning playwright Christopher Hampton (Dangerous Liaisons, Atonement) based on his own 2012 play Le Père.
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Director: Florian Zeller
Stars:Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman
USA 2020 | 97 minutes | English (Hebrew subtitles)
Sundance Film Festival: official selection
Anthony (portrayed by Hopkins) is a difficult 80-year-old man, living defiantly alone and rejecting the carers that his daughter, Anne (Olivia Colman), encouragingly introduces. Anne, loving and devoted, can no longer make daily visits and struggles to deal with her father’s memory loss. How much of his own identity and past can Anthony cling to? How does Anne cope as she grieves the loss of her father, while he still lives and breathes before her? How can she live her own life as she cares for her father around the clock?
“Without doubt one of the best films of the year. Absolute perfection from start to finish”—Awards Daily
“Breathtaking” —The Guardian
“One of Hopkins best performance” —The Hollywood Reporter
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