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And When Did You Last See Your Father?

A parent and a child. The past and the present. Memories and secrets. Can you know someone for a lifetime.... and not know them at all? The life of a father. Through the journey of a son.

Based on a true story, this film examines the difficult relationship that a son had with his father. His father is dying, and so a final visit is in order. Through flashbacks, we learn of the good and bad of earlier years, and the sexual issues that led to the fallout between the two men. However, with age comes wisdom, and it's time to patch things up...

97 minutes, No persons under 13 (Sex)
Biographical, Drama, On the art circuit

Credits

Cast

Jim Broadbent, Colin Firth, Juliet Stevenson, Gina McKee, Sarah Lancashire, Elaine Cassidy, Claire Skinner, Matthew Beard, Bradley Johnson

Director

Anand Tucker

Screenplay

David Nicholis, from the book by Blake Morrison

Music

Barrington Pheloung

Cinematography

Howard Atherton

Editing

Trevor Waite

Sound formats

Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS

Soundtrack

Available

Made in

2007

Produced by

Archer Street Productions, Audley Films, Bord Scannan na hEireann, EM Media, Father Features, Film4, Intandem Films, Number 9 Films, UK Film Council

SA Distributor

Nu Metro

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Drama
Language	Infrequently strong
Nudity	None
Sex	Several fairly strong implied scenes.
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	Themes in this movie are fairly mature and have to do with a boy growing up and watching his father indulge in extra marital relationships with women.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

Ratings

Scale (Max)

South African Media

Cape Argus/The StarAnthony Quinn

Die BurgerRonel Nel

Cape TimesTerri Dunbar-Curran

24.com

International Media

BBC (UK)Stella Papamichael You will be left with good memories.

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert This is a film of regret, and judging by what we see of the characters, it deserves to be.

eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson And while it may be churlish to complain that a male weepie about the passing of a patriarch is sentimental, this is still soggier than a washcloth.

ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli n an era when conclusions more often spoil a motion picture than provide closure, it's a pleasure to watch a movie where this is done right.

Metacritic.com24 critics

RottenTomatoes.com83 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer Sensitive to a fault, Tucker's adaptation of the Morrison novel is nonetheless solidly scripted and well-acted; guard your heartstrings.

Internet (IMDB)778 Netizens An honest and unsentimental film

Average .. 64%

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