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John (Viggo Mortensen) lives with his partner, Eric (Terry Chen), and their daughter, Monica (Gabby Velis), in California, far from the traditional rural life he left behind years ago. His father, Willis (Lance Henriksen), a headstrong man from a bygone era, lives alone on the isolated farm where John grew up. Willis’s mind is declining, so John brings him west, hoping he and his sister, Sarah (Laura Linney), can help their father find a home closer to them. Their best intentions ultimately run up against Willis’s angry refusal to change his way of life in any way.
In his directorial debut, Mortensen explores the fractures and contrasts of a contemporary family. Willis’s abrasive nature, by turns caustic and funny, is aggravated by memory loss, bringing past and present into conflict. As father and son finally confront events that have torn them apart, we embark on a journey from darkness to light, from rage and resentment to acceptance and hard-won grace.
In his directorial debut, Mortensen explores the fractures and contrasts of a contemporary family. Willis’s abrasive nature, by turns caustic and funny, is aggravated by memory loss, bringing past and present into conflict. As father and son finally confront events that have torn them apart, we embark on a journey from darkness to light, from rage and resentment to acceptance and hard-won grace.
- Year2020
- Runtime112 minutes
- CountryCanada
- DirectorViggo Mortensen
- ScreenwriterViggo Mortensen
- ProducerViggo Mortensen, Chris Curling, Daniel Bekerman
- Executive ProducerDanielle Virtue, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Touche, Stephen Dailey, Peter Hampden, Norman Merry
- CastViggo Mortensen, Lance Henriksen, Terry Chen, Sverrir Gudnason
- CinematographerMarcel Zyskind
- EditorRonald Sanders
- MusicViggo Mortensen
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John (Viggo Mortensen) lives with his partner, Eric (Terry Chen), and their daughter, Monica (Gabby Velis), in California, far from the traditional rural life he left behind years ago. His father, Willis (Lance Henriksen), a headstrong man from a bygone era, lives alone on the isolated farm where John grew up. Willis’s mind is declining, so John brings him west, hoping he and his sister, Sarah (Laura Linney), can help their father find a home closer to them. Their best intentions ultimately run up against Willis’s angry refusal to change his way of life in any way.
In his directorial debut, Mortensen explores the fractures and contrasts of a contemporary family. Willis’s abrasive nature, by turns caustic and funny, is aggravated by memory loss, bringing past and present into conflict. As father and son finally confront events that have torn them apart, we embark on a journey from darkness to light, from rage and resentment to acceptance and hard-won grace.
In his directorial debut, Mortensen explores the fractures and contrasts of a contemporary family. Willis’s abrasive nature, by turns caustic and funny, is aggravated by memory loss, bringing past and present into conflict. As father and son finally confront events that have torn them apart, we embark on a journey from darkness to light, from rage and resentment to acceptance and hard-won grace.
- Year2020
- Runtime112 minutes
- CountryCanada
- DirectorViggo Mortensen
- ScreenwriterViggo Mortensen
- ProducerViggo Mortensen, Chris Curling, Daniel Bekerman
- Executive ProducerDanielle Virtue, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Touche, Stephen Dailey, Peter Hampden, Norman Merry
- CastViggo Mortensen, Lance Henriksen, Terry Chen, Sverrir Gudnason
- CinematographerMarcel Zyskind
- EditorRonald Sanders
- MusicViggo Mortensen