By Emiliano Granada Premiering worldwide at Visions de Réel and looking for wider distribution, Mo Scarpelli’s “El Father Plays Himself” will stream April 27 to May 2 to a limited audience of 500 as the Swiss festival handles the almost ontological dilemmas that come with the pandemic.
Produced by Rake Films, Ardimages U.K. and La Faena Films, in association with Channel6 Media, the documentary follows a father and son as they shoot a film in which the Father plays himself, in the middle of the Amazonian Jungle.
What comes out is a deeply human portrayal that, much like the trailer, manages to speak volumes while saying very little explicitly; a not at all easy task that seems almost effortless under the eye of its director and
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