Florian Zeller on The Father: ‘Anthony Hopkins took me in his arms. We knew the miracle had happened’ – The Guardian

FilmThe French director and dramatist reveals how he pushed Hopkins into giving one of the most wrenching performances of his career in an unflinching dementia drama also starring Olivia Colman
When Florian Zeller set out to turn his harrowing hit play The Father into a film, he made a minor, talismanic tweak to the main character. André is an elderly man with dementia, who suspects his daughter of plotting to steal his flat. This meatiest of roles which demands sudden waves of confusion, charm,…

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