Английская Википедия:El Father Plays Himself

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El Father Plays Himself is a 2020 internationally co-produced documentary film directed by Mo Scarpelli, an Italian-American filmmaker. It premiered at the 51º Visions du Réel and it’s a co-production between Venezuela, United Kingdom, Italy and the United States. The movie follows the filming of La Fortaleza, a movie about a son who goes back to his native country to tell the story of his father, who at the same time plays the main character in the film.

Plot

Jorge Thielen Armand is a young filmmaker who left Venezuela, his home country, when he was 15 years old. Years later, as an adult in 2019, he decided to go back, specifically to the Amazon jungle, with the only goal of telling the story of his father in a deeply personal film. Jorge Roque Thielen, the director's father, plays himself in the feature.

In the movie it is easily perceived that fiction and reality intertwine. The theme of El Father Plays Himself shows an act of love and ambition that transforms into a difficult process during the filming, which forces both father and son to face their past and make peace with it. In the words of the director, “it is the clash of fear and love”.

Cast

• Jorge Roque Thielen H.
• Jorge Thielen Armand

Reception

Sheri Linden of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that El Father Plays Himself was "a tantalizing house of mirrors" and Emiliano Granada of Variety expressed that he found it "a deeply human portrayal". Joshua Brunsting of Criterion Cast said: "there’s a lyricism and poetry to the filmmaking, allowing for viewers to become completely immersed into Scarpelli’s rumination on filmmaking, family and loss... Sincerely one of the best films of 2020".

Additionally, it received the Special Mention at the 51st edition of Visions du Réel, at the Perso Film Festival, and at the 22nd edition of the Lucania Film Festival. It was in the IDFA Best of Festivals Selection and was the Opening Night Film at the Cucalorus Film Festival. It was also the 2020 Torino Film Lab Audience Design Fund winner.

Awards and nominations

Award	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	References
Málaga Film Festival	Silver Biznaga Prize for Best Director	Mo Scarpelli	Winner
Bogotá Film Festival	Best Film About Art	Mo Scarpelli	Winner
Festival del Cine Venezolano	Best Cinematography	Mo Scarpelli	Winner
	Best Director of Photography	Mo Scarpelli	Winner
Garden Route International Film Festival	Best Direction Prize	Mo Scarpelli	Winner
	Best Actor/Character Prize	Jorge Thielen Armand	Winner
Doc Alliance Selection 2020	Doc Alliance Selection Award	Mo Scarpelli	Winner

External links

• Шаблон:IMDb title
• El Father Plays Himself at FilmAffinity.
• El Father Plays Himself at Vimeo on Demand.