The Father (2020 film)
{{Short description|Film directed by Florian Zeller}}
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{{Infobox film
| image = The Father 2020 poster.jpg
| caption = UK theatrical release poster
| director = Florian Zeller
| producer = {{plainlist|
- David Parfitt
- Jean-Louis Livi
- Philippe Carcassonne
- Christophe Spadone
- Simon Friend
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| screenplay = {{plainlist|
- Florian Zeller
- Christopher Hampton
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| based_on = {{Based on|Le Père|Florian Zeller}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
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| music = Ludovico Einaudi
| cinematography = Ben Smithard
| editing = Yorgos Lamprinos
| studio = {{Plainlist|
- F comme Film
- Trademark Films
- Ciné-@
- AG Studios
- Les Films du Cru
- Film4
- Orange Studio
- Canal+
- Ciné+
}}
| distributor = {{Plainlist|
- UGC Distribution (France)
- Lionsgate (United Kingdom)
- Embankment Films (International)
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2020|1|27|Sundance|2021|5|26|France|2021|6|11|United Kingdom}}
| runtime = 97 minutes{{cite web|url=https://www.sundance.org/projects/the-father|title=The Father|publisher=Sundance Film Festival|access-date=22 January 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126001339/https://www.sundance.org/projects/the-father|archive-date=26 January 2020}}
| country = {{Plainlist|
- France
- United Kingdom
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| language = English
| budget = $6 million{{cite news |url= https://www.indiewire.com/2021/02/the-father-production-design-peter-francis-1234619073/ |title= How 'The Father' Production Designer Peter Francis Created the Most Disoriented Set of the Year |first= Eric |last= Kohn |website= IndieWire |date= 26 February 2021 |access-date= 2 May 2021 }}
| gross = $36 million{{Cite web |url= https://the-numbers.com/movie/Father-The-(UK)#tab=summary |title= The Father (2021) |work= The Numbers |access-date=1 January 2025}}{{Cite web |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl4290478593/?ref_=bo_we_table_20 |title= The Father (2021) |work= Box Office Mojo |access-date= 3 July 2021}}
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The Father is a 2020 psychological drama film, directed by Florian Zeller in his directorial debut. He co-wrote the screenplay with fellow playwright Christopher Hampton on the basis of Zeller's 2012 play Le Père. A French–British co-production, the film stars Anthony Hopkins as an octogenarian Welsh man living with dementia. Olivia Colman, Mark Gatiss, Imogen Poots, Rufus Sewell, and Olivia Williams also star.
The Father premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on 27 January 2020. After its wide release was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, it was released in France on 26 May 2021 and in the UK on 11 June 2021. The film grossed $36 million worldwide on a $6 million budget and was acclaimed by critics, who lauded the performances of Hopkins and Colman, as well as the production values and the portrayal of dementia. At the 93rd Academy Awards, The Father received six nominations, including Best Picture; Hopkins won Best Actor and Zeller and Hampton won Best Adapted Screenplay. Since then, it has been cited as one of the best films of the 2020s and the 21st century.{{Cite web |last=Hughes |first=Mark |title=The Top 150 Greatest Films Of The 21st Century |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2021/05/31/the-top-150-greatest-films-of-the-21st-century/ |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=Forbes |language=en}}{{cite web | url=https://www.timeout.com/film/the-100-best-movies-of-the-21st-century-so-far | title=The 100 best films of the 21st century (So far) | date=6 February 2022 }}{{cite web | url=https://collider.com/best-drama-movies-2020s/ | title="Don't be so eager to be offended." the 20 Best Drama Movies of the 2020s So Far, Ranked | website=Collider | date=24 August 2023 }}
Plot
Anne visits her father Anthony in his flat after he has driven away the latest of several carers. He has dementia and constantly forgets important life events and where things are around his flat, including his watch. He tells Anne he believes his carer stole his watch and that he will never move out of his flat. She tells Anthony she is moving to Paris to be with a man, which confuses Anthony since he does not recall any men in her life since the end of her marriage to James. Anne says that if he keeps refusing to have a carer, she will have to move him into a nursing home.
The next day, Anthony encounters an unknown man, Paul, in his flat. Paul says he is Anne's husband and that Anthony is living in their flat. Anne returns but appears to Anthony as a different woman. When a new carer, Laura, arrives for an interview, Anthony tells Laura he was a professional dancer and insists he does not need any assistance. Anthony later says Laura reminds him of his other daughter Lucy, whom he has not seen for a long time.
Anthony is taken to a doctor and rejects the idea that he has memory problems. Later, he tells Laura how proud he is of Lucy, a painter. She tells him she is sorry about Lucy's accident, but Anthony is confused as he has no recollection of the accident. Over the course of the film, it becomes clear that Anthony has really been living with Anne for years, but believes he still lives in his own flat. After Anne comes home, she and her husband{{spnd}}who is sometimes called Paul and sometimes James, and appears as two different men{{spnd}}have an argument over a holiday that had to be cancelled because of Anthony's needs, and about Anne's sacrifices for her father. Paul asks Anthony how long he plans to stay in their flat and annoy everyone; this sequence of events is repeated later, and on the second occasion Paul slaps him.
Anthony wakes up and walks out of the flat, finding himself in a hospital hallway. He remembers Lucy lying in a hospital bed with blood on her face. He then wakes up in a completely different bedroom, which is in a nursing home. His nurse arrives, having earlier appeared as both Anne and Laura, but now identifying herself as Catherine. She informs him that Anne lives in Paris and visits on occasional weekends. Another nurse named Bill also visits, identical to one of the men who earlier appeared to be Anne's husband. Anthony breaks down in tears over his inability to understand what is happening to him, as well as Anne's disappearance. He says he wants his mother and that he is "losing his leaves, the branches, the wind and the rain". Catherine comforts him and tells him she will take him out to the park later.
Cast
- Anthony Hopkins as Anthony
- Olivia Colman as Anne
- Rufus Sewell as Paul
- Imogen Poots as Laura
- Olivia Williams as The Woman (Catherine)
- Mark Gatiss as The Man (Bill)
- Ayesha Dharker as Dr Sarai
Production
It was announced in May 2019 that Florian Zeller was to direct a screenplay with Christopher Hampton based on his play. Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman were cast in the film. Olivia Williams, Rufus Sewell, Imogen Poots and Mark Gatiss joined later that month, with filming beginning on 13 May.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/05/anthony-hopkins-olivia-colman-to-star-in-the-father-embankment-florian-zeller-cannes-1202606071/|title=Anthony Hopkins & Olivia Colman To Star In Stage Play Adaptation 'The Father', Embankment To Launch Sales — Cannes|date=2 May 2019|first=Andreas|last=Wiseman|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=11 February 2021}} Filming locations included West London Film Studios, and Hayes, Hillingdon.{{cite web |url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/four-uk-producers-with-films-at-the-autumn-festivals-reflect-on-a-crazy-year/5152825.article |title=Four UK producers with films at the autumn festivals reflect on a crazy year |work=Screen International | first=Matt|last=Mueller|date=4 September 2020|access-date=26 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/how-the-father-production-designer-evoked-disorientation-in-film-about-memory-loss |title=How 'The Father' Production Designer Evoked Disorientation in Film About Memory Loss|work=The Hollywood Reporter |first=Carolyn|last=Giardina|date=12 January 2021 |access-date=26 January 2021}}
Production companies included Les Films du Cru, Film4, Orange Studio, StudioCanal, and Ciné+.
Release
The Father had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on 27 January 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sundance-2020-unveils-female-powered-lineup-taylor-swift-gloria-steinem-films-1259538?|title=Sundance Unveils Female-Powered Lineup Featuring Taylor Swift, Gloria Steinem, Abortion Road Trip Drama|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Tatiana|last=Siegel|date=4 December 2019|access-date=4 December 2019|archive-date=8 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208151948/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sundance-2020-unveils-female-powered-lineup-taylor-swift-gloria-steinem-films-1259538|url-status=live}} Prior to this, Sony Pictures Classics and Lionsgate acquired U.S. and UK distribution rights to the film, respectively.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/sundance-sony-pictures-classics-the-father-anthony-hopkins-olivia-colman-1203470709/|title=Sundance: Sony Pictures Classics Buys 'The Father' With Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman|website=Variety|first=Brent|last=Lang|date=17 January 2020|access-date=17 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/05/lionsgate-uk-the-father-1202623486/|title=Lionsgate Takes UK Rights To Florian Zeller's 'The Father' With Anthony Hopkins & Olivia Colman|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Peter|last=White|date=29 May 2019|access-date=22 January 2020|archive-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529142124/https://deadline.com/2019/05/lionsgate-uk-the-father-1202623486/|url-status=live}} It also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival on 14 September 2020,{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/07/toronto-film-festival-2020-lineup-werner-herzog-regina-king-mira-nair-francois-ozon-naomi-kawase-1202999399/|title=Toronto Sets 2020 Lineup: Werner Herzog, Regina King, Mira Nair, Francois Ozon, Naomi Kawase Titles Join Hybrid Edition|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Andreas|last=Wiseman|date=30 July 2020|access-date=30 July 2020|archive-date=30 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730165722/https://deadline.com/2020/07/toronto-film-festival-2020-lineup-werner-herzog-regina-king-mira-nair-francois-ozon-naomi-kawase-1202999399/|url-status=live}} and at the AFI Fest in October 2020.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/09/afi-fest-to-close-with-world-premiere-of-errol-morris-my-psychedelic-love-story-1234581271/|title=AFI Fest To Close With World Premiere Of Errol Morris' 'My Psychedelic Love Story'|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=21 September 2020|access-date=21 September 2020}}
In the United States, the film began a limited release in New York City and Los Angeles on 26 February 2021, before being available on premium video on demand starting 26 March,{{cite web|url= https://deadline.com/2021/02/sony-classics-release-plans-french-exit-truffle-hunters-human-factor-the-father-1234686152/ |title= Sony Pictures Classics Updates Release Plans For 'French Exit', 'Truffle Hunters', 'Human Factor', 'The Father' & More |website=Deadline Hollywood |first=Erik |last=Pedersen |date= 2 February 2021|access-date=4 February 2021}} after originally being scheduled to be released on 18 December 2020.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/olivia-colman-anthony-hopkins-father-release-date-1234769010/|title=Olivia Colman and Anthony Hopkins' 'The Father' Gets Release Date|website=Variety|first=Dave|last=McNary|author-link=Dave McNary|date=14 September 2020|access-date=15 September 2020}} The film was released in India on 23 April 2021 and in the United Kingdom on 11 June 2021,{{cite web|url=https://filmdistributorsassociation.com/release-schedule/past-present-and-future-releases/?showYear=2021&showMonth=June|title=The Father|website=Film Distributors Association|access-date=9 February 2021}} delayed from earlier release dates of 8 January and 12 March in response to lockdowns as result of a second-wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|url= https://www.variety.com/2020/film/news/the-father-new-release-date-sony-pictures-1234847084/|title= 'The Father' Sets New Release Date|website=Variety|first=Ellie|last=Shafer|date=5 December 2020|access-date=5 December 2020}} The film was released in mainland China on 18 June 2021.{{Cite web|url= https://www.shine.cn/feature/entertainment/2106160695/|title= 'The Father' to premiere in China ahead of Father's Day|date= 2021-06-16}}
Reception
= Box office =
The Father grossed $2.1 million in the United States and Canada, and $34.3 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $36.4 million. In the film's opening weekend in the United States, the film made $433,611 from 865 cinemas, finishing eighth at the box office.{{cite news|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|date=12 March 2021|url= https://deadline.com/2021/03/raya-and-the-last-dragon-weekend-box-office-los-angeles-movie-theaters-reopening-1234713807/ |title= 'Raya And The Last Dragon' Eyeing $5.7M Second Weekend B.O. As Exhibition Slowly Repairs |website= Deadline Hollywood|access-date=12 March 2021}} The weekend following its six Oscar nominations, the film made $355,000 from 937 cinemas.{{cite news|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|date=21 March 2021|url= https://deadline.com/2021/03/weekend-box-office-kelly-marie-tran-los-angeles-raya-and-the-last-dragon-1234718593/ |title= L.A. Weekend Box Office Clears $1M+; Kelly Marie Tran & Carlos Lopez Estrada Welcome 'Raya' El Capitan Fans As Pic Posts Firm No. 1 Hold – Update |website= Deadline Hollywood|access-date=21 March 2021}} Following its two Oscar wins, the film made $147,000 from 713 cinemas, for a running total of $1.9 million.{{cite news|last= Brueggemann |first=Tom |date= 2 May 2021|url= https://www.indiewire.com/2021/05/demon-slayer-anime-tops-mortal-kombat-at-the-box-office-both-drop-70-percent-1234634652/ |title= 'Demon Slayer' Anime Tops 'Mortal Kombat' at the Box Office as Both Drop Over 70 Percent |website= IndieWire|access-date=2 May 2021}} In Spain, the film made $171,901 in its opening weekend from 156 cinemas, then $160,378 in its second and $54,901 in its third.{{Cite web|url=https://m.the-numbers.com/movie/Father-The-(UK)/Spain#tab=box-office|title = El Padre - Financial Information Spain}}
= Critical response =
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{{RT prose|{{RT data|score}}|{{RT data|average}}|{{RT data|count}}|Led by stellar performances and artfully helmed by writer-director Florian Zeller, The Father presents a devastatingly empathetic portrayal of dementia.|ref=yes|access-date=2023-05-04}} {{MC film|88|51|ref=yes|access-date=2023-05-04}} According to PostTrak, 84% of audience members gave the film a positive score, with 54% saying they would definitely recommend it.
Anthony Hopkins's performance received widespread critical acclaim, with some calling it the finest of his career. He won his second Academy Award for Best Actor at age 83, making him the oldest Best Actor winner.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/apr/26/anthony-hopkins-is-oldest-ever-oscar-winner-after-taking-best-actor-for-the-father|title=Anthony Hopkins is oldest-ever acting Oscar winner after taking best actor for The Father|date=25 April 2021|first=Catherine|last=Shoard|website=The Guardian|access-date=30 July 2024|archive-date=24 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524060428/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/apr/26/anthony-hopkins-is-oldest-ever-oscar-winner-after-taking-best-actor-for-the-father|url-status=live}}
Writing for Variety, Owen Gleiberman said "The Father does something that few movies about mental deterioration in old age have brought off in quite this way, or this fully. It places us in the mind of someone losing his mind—and it does so by revealing that mind to be a place of seemingly rational and coherent experience."{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/the-father-review-anthony-hopkins-olivia-colman-1203482695/|title='The Father': Film Review|date=27 January 2020|first=Owen|last=Gleiberman|website=Variety|access-date=11 February 2021|archive-date=9 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209130737/https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/the-father-review-anthony-hopkins-olivia-colman-1203482695/|url-status=live}} For The Guardian, Benjamin Lee wrote of Hopkins's performance: "It's astounding, heartbreaking work, watching him try to rationally explain to himself and those around him what he's experiencing. In some of the film's most quietly upsetting moments, his world has shifted yet again but he remains silent, knowing that any attempt to question what he's woken up to will only fall on deaf ears. Hopkins runs the full gamut of emotions from fury to outrage to longing for his mother like a little child and never once does it feel like a constructed character bit, despite our association with him as an actor with a storied career."{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jan/27/the-father-review-anthony-hopkins-olivia-colman|title=The Father review – Anthony Hopkins drives devastating dementia drama|date=27 January 2020|first=Benjamin|last=Lee|website=The Guardian|access-date=11 February 2021|archive-date=9 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209130837/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jan/27/the-father-review-anthony-hopkins-olivia-colman|url-status=live}}
Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: "The best film about the wages of aging since Amour eight years ago, The Father takes a bracingly insightful, subtle and nuanced look at encroaching dementia and the toll it takes on those in close proximity to the afflicted. Fronted by a stupendous performance from Anthony Hopkins as a proud Englishman in denial of his condition, this penetrating work marks an outstanding directorial debut by the play's French author Florian Zeller."{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/father-review-1273990|title='The Father': Film Review {{!}} Sundance 2020|date=27 January 2020|first=Todd|last=McCarthy|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=11 February 2021|archive-date=9 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209105737/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/father-review-1273990|url-status=live}}
Writing for Indiewire, David Ehrlich said: "Zeller adapts his award-winning play of the same name with steely vision and remarkable confidence, as the writer-director makes use of the camera like he's been standing behind one for his entire life. ... In Zeller's hands, what appears to be a conventional-seeming portrait of an unmoored old man as he rages against his daughter and caretaker slowly reveals itself to be the brilliant study of a mind at sea, and of the indescribable pain of watching someone drown."{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/12/best-first-films-of-2020-1234604275/|title=The Best First Films of 2020 — Year in Review|date=12 December 2020|first1=Eric|last1=Kohn|first2=Kate|last2=Erbland|first3=David|last3=Ehrlich|website=IndieWire|access-date=11 February 2021}}
Writing for The New York Times, Jeannette Catsoulis said The Father is "stupendously effective and profoundly upsetting" and described it as a "majestic depiction of things falling away".{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/movies/the-father-review.html|title='The Father' Review: A Capricious Mind|work=The New York Times|first=Jeanette|last=Catsoulis|date=25 February 2021|access-date=15 March 2021}} The Guardian{{'s}} Anne Billson ranked Hopkins's performance in the film as the best of his career.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/apr/08/anthony-hopkins-film-performances-ranked|title=Anthony Hopkins' 20 best film performances – ranked!|last=Billson|first=Anne|newspaper=The Guardian|date=8 April 2021|accessdate=24 April 2021}}
It is, according to The Times, "one of the greatest cinematic experiences of the decade".{{Cite web |last=Maher |first=Kevin |date=2024-08-14 |title=The Father review — give the man an Oscar! (Oh, they did) |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/film/article/the-father-review-give-the-man-an-oscar-oh-they-did-dklxnwf90 |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}}
=Legacy=
In 2021, it was included on Forbes{{'}}s list of "The Top 150 Greatest Films Of The 21st Century." In 2022, Time Out ranked it number 93 on its list of the "100 Best Films of the 21st Century So Far", writing that the film "communicates perfectly what dementia must feel like: a world stripped of its signposts, a feeling of being uncoupled, a sense of the familiar slowly becoming frighteningly 'other'." In 2023, it ranked number 2 on Collider{{'}}s list of "The 20 Best Drama Movies of the 2020s So Far," saying that Zeller "proved that the best way to show how debilitating memory loss is, was to show it through the eyes of the victim itself," using "creative techniques to show the shifts in reality."{{Cite web|url=https://collider.com/best-drama-movies-2020s/|title=The 10 Best Drama Movies of the 2020s So Far, Ranked|website=Collider|date=24 August 2023 }} It also ranked number 27 on its list of the "30 Best Drama Movies of All Time," saying "While it's not the first movie to explore the difficulties of living with dementia, few others have done so quite as powerfully as The Father. It very quickly establishes itself as an intensely psychological drama, putting viewers in the mind of its main character and showing the ways he's frequently disorientated, confused, and untrusting of people he doesn't always recognize."{{cite web | url=https://collider.com/best-drama-movies-all-time-ranked/#39-the-father-39-2020 | title="We're talking about somebody's life here." the 30 Best Drama Movies of All Time, Ranked | website=Collider | date=25 June 2023 }} In 2024, Looper ranked it number 42 on its list of the "50 Best PG-13 Movies of All Time," writing "Countless mainstream horror movies could take a cue from The Father in terms of how to chill audiences to the bone ... Consistently eerie and uncertain, The Father is also laced with deep empathy for its protagonist, a trait punctuated by a towering, heartbreaking performance from Hopkins."{{cite web | url=https://www.looper.com/806086/best-pg-13-movies-of-all-time-ranked/ | title=50 Best PG-13 Movies Of All Time Ranked | website=Looper | date=October 14, 2024 }} In March 2025, The New York Times listed The Father as among "The Movies We've Loved Since 2000."{{Cite web |date=March 17, 2025 |title=The Movies We've Loved Since 2000 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/movies/best-movies-since-2000.html |access-date=April 10, 2025 |website=The New York Times }}
=Selections=
- Sundance Film Festival: official selection
- Toronto International Film Festival: official selection{{Cite web |first=Sonaiya |last=Kelley |title=Toronto Film Festival movies: Full lineup for virtual edition |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=30 July 2020 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-07-30/toronto-international-film-festival-virtual-lineup |access-date=31 July 2020 |archive-date=9 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209131458/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-07-30/toronto-international-film-festival-virtual-lineup |url-status=live }}
- Telluride Film Festival: official selection{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/08/telluride-film-festival-announces-complete-lineup-despite-cancellation-of-this-years-labor-day-weekend-event-1203002472/|title=Telluride Film Festival Announces Lineup Despite Cancellation Of This Year's Labor Day Weekend Event|date=3 August 2020|first=Pete|last=Hammond|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=11 February 2021|archive-date=9 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209130927/https://deadline.com/2020/08/telluride-film-festival-announces-complete-lineup-despite-cancellation-of-this-years-labor-day-weekend-event-1203002472/|url-status=live}}
- San Sebastián International Film Festival: Pearls section
- Zurich Film Festival:{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/zurich-film-festival-reveals-2020-line-up-johnny-depp-to-attend/5153037.article|title=Zurich Film Festival reveals 2020 line-up; Johnny Depp to attend|date=10 September 2020|first=Michael|last=Rosser|website=Screen International|access-date=11 February 2021|archive-date=9 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209131525/https://www.screendaily.com/news/zurich-film-festival-reveals-2020-line-up-johnny-depp-to-attend/5153037.article|url-status=live}} official selection
- Hamptons International Film Festival: official selection{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/festivals/hamptons-film-festival-with-drawn-arms-1234752033/|title=Hamptons Film Festival Selects 'With Drawn Arms' Documentary as Opener|date=28 August 2020|first=Dave|last=McNary|author-link=Dave McNary|website=Variety|access-date=11 February 2021|archive-date=9 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209131543/https://variety.com/2020/film/festivals/hamptons-film-festival-with-drawn-arms-1234752033/|url-status=live}}
- Dinard British Film Festival{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/ammonite-the-father-among-line-up-for-the-2020-dinard-film-festival-/5153099.article|title='Ammonite', 'The Father' among line-up for the 2020 Dinard Film Festival|date=11 September 2020|first=Michael|last=Rosser|website=Screen International|access-date=11 February 2021|archive-date=9 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209123533/https://www.screendaily.com/news/ammonite-the-father-among-line-up-for-the-2020-dinard-film-festival-/5153099.article|url-status=live}}
= Accolades =
Related film
The Son (2022) based on Zeller's 2018 play, is in-part framed as a prequel to The Father, with Hopkins briefly appearing as "Anthony" in a cameo and Zeller returning as writer and director.{{Cite web|last=Grater|first=Tom|date=2021-10-11|title=Florian Zeller's 'The Son' Sells Out Globally; Anthony Hopkins & Zen McGrath Join Cast|url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/florian-zellers-the-son-sells-out-globally-embankment-cross-city-1234853867/|access-date=2021-10-11|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}
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Category:Films directed by Florian Zeller
Category:Films featuring a Best Actor Academy Award–winning performance
Category:Films postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Category:Films produced by Philippe Carcassonne
Category:Films scored by Ludovico Einaudi
Category:Films set in apartment buildings
Category:Films whose writer won the Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award
Category:Films with screenplays by Christopher Hampton
Category:French films about Alzheimer's disease
Category:French films based on plays
Category:French psychological drama films