“THE RETURN” 2003 | M/16 | 1h50’ | FATHER FIGURES Cinema Scrngs

Ciclo FATHER FIGURES

[FATHER FIGURES Cinema Screenings]

“THE RETURN” 2003 | M/16 | 1h50’ [RU] (Vozvrashchenie - RU)
De Andrey Zvyagintsev

Sábado Dia 18/04 às 19h30 [Saturday 04/18 at 7:30pm]

Após anos de ausência, um pai regressa inesperadamente e leva os dois filhos numa viagem por paisagens remotas da Rússia. O percurso transforma-se num confronto silencioso sobre autoridade, confiança e o enigma da figura paterna.

After years of absence, a father suddenly returns and takes his two sons on a journey through the remote Russian landscape. The trip becomes a tense confrontation about authority, trust, and the mystery of fatherhood.

Spoken in Russian | Subtitled in English

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Thirty years before winning 3 Oscars for ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, Paul Thomas Anderson was already exploring paternal figures in his feature debut, HARD EIGHT aka SYDNEY (1996). A captivating crime drama about a senior gambler (Philip Baker Hall) who takes a young man (John C. Reilly) under his wing, the film explores an ambiguous "father-son" relationship. Gwyneth Paltrow, Samuel L. Jackson and Philip Seymour Hoffman round out the cast. This remains Paul Thomas Anderson's least known film (his big break would come the next year with BOOGIE NIGHTS), but his natural talent is already present here. For those who admire his work, it's fascinating to analyze the paternal figures in his films in chronological order. His films feature a myriad of characters who represent complex father figures: Burt Reynolds in BOOGIE NIGHTS (1997), Jason Robards, Philip Baker Hall (again!) and Michael Bowen in MAGNOLIA (1999), Daniel Day-Lewis in THERE WILL BE BLOOD (2007), Philip Seymour Hoffman in THE MASTER (2012), and finally, Leonardo DiC