El Father Plays Himself (2020)

Name: El Father Plays Himself
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2021-07-11T19:36:15+02:00
Rating: 3.5
Cast: Jorge Thielen Hedderich, Jorge Thielen Armand

Documentary | 105 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 105 minuten

Country: Venezuela / United Kingdom / Italy / United States / Canada

Directed by: Mo Scarpelli

Stars: Jorge Thielen Hedderich and Jorge Thielen Armand

IMDb score: 7,8 (70)

Releasedate: 25 April 2020

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El Father Plays Himself plot

"A father and son return to the Amazon jungle to shoot a deeply personal film. Fiction and reality clash as father plays himself."

When Jorge Thielen Armand was going to make a film about the life of his father the freebooter, with the same father in the lead role, Mo Scarpelli accompanied the film crew to make a documentary about it. With a keen eye for detail and emotion, she filmed the shots, which were largely made under harsh conditions in the Venezuelan jungle. For the charismatic, alcohol-addicted father and directing son, the film is an opportunity to make up for lost time.