Fathers & Sons is a 2010 Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Carl Bessai.[1] An unofficial sequel to his 2008 film Mothers & Daughters, it used a similar process of improvisational character development to dramatize several stories of relationships between fathers and sons.[2]
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| Directed by | Carl Bessai |
| Written by | Carl Bessai |
| Produced by | Carl Bessai Jason James |
| Starring | Benjamin Ratner Jay Brazeau Stephen Lobo Manoj Sood Tyler Labine Vincent Gale |
| Cinematography | Carl Bessai |
| Edited by | Mark Shearer |
| Music by | Schaun Tozer |
Production company | Ravenwest Films |
| Distributed by | Kinosmith |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Bernie (Benjamin Ratner) meets his estranged father Anton (Jay Brazeau) for the first time at his mother's funeral; Kama (Stephen Lobo) is an accountant who is embarrassed to introduce his fiancée (Sonja Bennett) to his flamboyant gay Bollywood choreographer father Satish (Manoj Sood); Viv (Viv Leacock) and his father Blu (Blu Mankuma) don't see eye to eye about money; Vince (Vincent Gale), Sean (Tyler Labine), Hrothgar (Hrothgar Mathews), and Tom (Tom Scholte) are four brothers, not especially close, who are in for a surprise at the reading of their late father's will.[3]
The film won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best British Columbia Film in 2010.[4]
Bessai followed up with a third film in his "Family Trilogy", Sisters & Brothers, in 2011.[5]
Cast
edit- Stephen Lobo as Kama / Cameron
- Manoj Sood as Satish
- Tyler Labine as Sean
- Vincent Gale as Vince
- Hrothgar Mathews as Hrothgar
- Tom Scholte as Tom
- Blu Mankuma as Blu
- Viv Leacock as Viv
- Jay Brazeau as Anton
- Benjamin Ratner as Bernie
- Sonja Bennett as Sonja
Other cast members;
- Jennifer-Juniper Angeli as Concerned Mother
- Tantoo Cardinal as Gordon's Sister
- Babz Chula as Aunt Barbara
- Agam Darshi as Agam
- Richard de Klerk as Leonard
- Alisen Down as Waitress
- Rebecca Jenkins as Rebecca
- Leena Manro as Leena
- Gabrielle Rose as Mother
References
edit- ^ "Carl Bessai explores father-son dynamic in new film at VIFF". The Globe and Mail, September 29, 2010.
- ^ "Carl Bessai’s Fathers & Sons is a cultural mashup". The Georgia Straight, January 19, 2011.
- ^ "What a savvy ensemble; Stories that go down dark roads deftly handled". The Province, November 17, 2010.
- ^ "Vancouver Film Critics' Circle awards". Alaska Highway News, January 12, 2011.
- ^ "Bessai thought it best to just keep working on Fathers & Sons sequel". The Province, January 20, 2011.