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The film is structured as a series of interconnected flashbacks. Following the death of his father Hal, Oliver reflects on their relationship following the death of Oliver’s mother, Georgia. Shortly after her death, Hal came out to his son and began exploring life as an openly gay man.
He becomes active in the gay community, finds love and becomes more honest with himself and with his son. As a result, Oliver and Hal become closer during this time. Shortly after Hal’s death, Oliver meets Anna, a French actress, at a party. Inspired by his father’s attitude towards the end of his life and their relationship, Oliver decides to pursue a romance with her.
Beginners is an American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Mills. It tells the story of Oliver, a man reflecting on the life and death of his father, Hal, while trying to forge a new romantic relationship with a woman, Anna, dealing with father issues of her own.
Beginners premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival, where the Los Angeles Times heralded it as a “heady, heartfelt film” with a cast who has “a strong sense of responsibility to their real-world counterparts”. Plummer received numerous accolades, including the 2011 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his performance.
From writer / director Mike Mills comes a comedy / drama about how deeply funny and transformative life can be, even at its most serious moments. -Beginners- imaginatively explores the hilarity, confusion, and surprises of love through the evolving consciousness of Oliver (Golden Globe Award nominee Ewan McGregor). Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna (Melanie Laurent of Inglourious Basterds) only months after his father Hal (Academy Award nominee Christopher Plummer) has passed away.
The film is based on the true-life coming out of Mills’ father at the age of 75, five years before his death. With cinematography by Kasper Tuxen, Beginners was filmed with the Red One digital camera. The ‘Siedem Razy Kobieta’ poster on the wall in Oliver’s dining room is from the Polish language version of the 1967 Shirley MacLaine film Woman Times Seven.
Beginners
Directed by: Mike Mills
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Melanie Laurent, Goran Visnjic, Bill Oberst, China Shavers, Melissa Tang, Amanda Payton, Mary Page Keller
Screenplay by: Mike Mills
Production Design by: Shane Valentino
Cinematography by: Kasper Tuxen
Film Editing by: Olivier Bugge Coutt
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