The Father (2020) directed and co-written by Florian Zeller sees Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Coleman both give outstanding performances in a film about a pensioner who has dementia.

With the way the film is cut looping time and disorientating us as much as the protagonist, the use of the same actors to portray different people and the tricks of the apartment set, it’s just a tour de force of storytelling.

Not a feelgood movie but instead a poignant, beautiful sometime frightening and sad journey. It may provoke some wet eyes and a little soulsearching. 🎥★★★★★