When Did You Last See Your Father? (2008) Ireland
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Director:Anand Tucker
Studio:Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Producer:Elizabeth Karlsen, Laurie Borg, Tessa Ross, Lizzie Francke
Writer:David Nicholls, Blake Morrison
Rated:PG-13
Date Added:2012-08-26
UPC:043396261624
Price:$14.94
Awards:1 win & 9 nominations
Genre:Biography, Drama
Release:2008-11-03
IMDb:0829098
Location:0849
Duration:92
Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
Sound:AC-3
Languages:English
Subtitles:English
Anand Tucker  ...  (Director)
David Nicholls, Blake Morrison  ...  (Writer)
 
Bradley Johnson  ...  Blake (Child)
Jim Broadbent  ...  Arthur
Juliet Stevenson  ...  Kim
Alannah Barlow  ...  Gillian (Child)
Chris Middleton  ...  Racing Steward (as Christopher Middleton)
Colin Firth  ...  Blake
Elaine Cassidy  ...  Sandra
Gina McKee  ...  Kathy
Elliot Avery  ...  Peter
Rhiannon Howden  ...  Sophie
Tom Butcher  ...  Dr. Taggart
Claire Skinner  ...  Gillian
Sarah Lancashire  ...  Beaty
Naomi Allisstone  ...  Josie
Matthew Beard  ...  Blake (Teen)
Tara Berwin  ...  Gillian (Teen)
Summary: Adapted from poet Blake Morrison's best-selling memoir by screenwriter David Nicholls and directed for the screen by Anand Tucker, And When Did You Last See Your Father? explores -- like its source material -- the complex, manifold emotional layers of a father-and-son relationship as it shifts and evolves over the passing decades. At the film's center is Blake Morrison himself, who for as long as he can remember has lived in the overarching shadow of his physician father, Arthur (Jim Broadbent) -- falling prey to feelings of embarrassment from the old man, as well as occasional awe. In the 1950s, when Blake (Bradley Johnson) was a child, the boy watched as Arthur partook in socially uncouth behavior such as wheedling his way into clubs to which he didn't belong, and carrying on an extramarital affair with the full knowledge of his wife, Kim (Juliet Stevenson). As the years passed, teenage Blake's (Matthew Beard) discomfort around his father hardened into resentment -- particularly when the adolescent boy expressed interest in a girl, Rachel (Carey Mulligan), who clearly preferred his father; compounding the situation, Blake then had to suffer through Arthur's decision to publicly humiliate his son in front of everyone. The central dynamic has changed for the two, however, by the late '80s, when Blake -- now married to Kathy (Gina McKee) and freshly established as a successful novelist and poet -- learns that Arthur has contracted terminal cancer. Now, the junior Morrison takes a headfirst plunge into the memories and recollections of his youth -- and grapples with the dynamic of his relationship with Arthur for the first time in his life as he comes face to face with the need to provide loving care for the old man.