Benedict Cumberbatch Talks Portraying A Father’s Grief In ‘The Thing With Feathers’ & Why He Loves Producing — Berlin Film Festival
deadline.comBenedict Cumberbatch and writer-director Dylan Southern arrived in Berlin for the European bow of their family drama The Thing With Feathers, which recently had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.
Cumberbatch talked about how he sees grief and despair differently in his life, producing under his SunnyMarch label and also showered praise on the two young child actors that he worked with on The Thing With Feathers.
The Thing With Feathers follows a young father (played by Cumberbatch) who is devastated by the sudden and unexpected death of his wife.
Left with two sons, his sense of reality gradually slips as he is haunted by a seemingly malign presence in the apartment he shares with his children. “A lot of this film is about letting go, and grief is also about letting go.
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