El Father Plays Himself
A father and son return to the Amazon jungle to shoot a deeply personal film. Fiction and reality clash as father plays himself.
A film by Mo Scarpelli
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- Released
- 2020
- Genre
- Feature documentary, Documentary, Family, Drama, Biography, Adventure
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Filmed in
- Venezuela · Italy · UK · USA
- Audio
- English · Stereo
- Subtitles
- 5 languages
- Quality
- FHD
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9
About the film
Fiction and reality clash as father plays himself.
A young film director returns to Venezuela, inspired to make a film based on his father’s life in the Amazon jungle. He casts Father to play himself.
What starts as an act of love and ambition, filmmaking to more deeply understand the self and the other, spirals into a process which confronts Father’s struggles with addiction and his life devoid of his son.
EL FATHER PLAYS HIMSELF holds a steady lens to the way the act of cinema unearths, binds, heals and destroys.
- Directed by
- Mo Scarpelli
- Studio
- Rake Films
- Distributed by
- Rake Films
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What people are saying
- Special Mention for Best FilmVisions du Réel2020
- Silver Biznaga for Best DirectionMálaga Film Festival2021
- Best of FestivalsIDFA2020
- Best Doc on ArtFestival de Cine de Bogotá2021
- Best Direction PrizeFestival de la Crítica Cinematográfica de Caracas2021
- Official SelectionDOC NYC2020
- Official Selection42° Cairo International Film Festival2020
- Official SelectionDokufest Kosovo2020
“Riveting intensity... a tantalizing house of mirrors”
“Utterly engrossing”
“A deeply human portrayal”
“Explosive ★★★★”
“A fascinating, tragicomic mirror play about a complex but loving relationship ★★★★”
“A fascinating study of the extent to which filmic truth can be pushed ★★★★”
“Exquisite... one of the best documentaries about the power of filmmaking ever made ★★★★★”
“An exorcism of ghosts, lies and absences”
Inside the film
Cast & crew
- Mo ScarpelliDirector, Cinematographer
- Jorge Thielen ArmandCharacter
- Jorge Roque ThielenCharacter
- Juan Soto TabordaEditor
- Roberta AinsteinSound Designer
- Manon ArdissonProducer
Extras included
Included when you rent or buy.
Locked until you rent or buy29:52Conversation between El Father & director Mo Scarpelli, August 2021
Interview
Locked until you rent or buy5:38Deleted Scene - The Last Day of Filming
Deleted Scenes
Locked until you rent or buy4:34Deleted Scene - Trouble on the River
Deleted Scenes
