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My Father

My Father

Original Title: Mon Père

  • Film
  • 2015
  • 9m
  • Released

From its troubling appearance after nightfall, to the inhabitants all busying themselves at daybreak, Mohamed films the interior of his family home. A strange climate then establishes itself, particularly around the father, a central element in family life, as he moves about on his wheelchair, like some kind of worrying Custodian of the Premises. American writer H.P Lovecraft said : "Fear is the strongest and oldest …

  • Directing Mohamed Adel El Safty

From its troubling appearance after nightfall, to the inhabitants all busying themselves at daybreak, Mohamed films the interior of his family home. A strange climate then establishes itself, particularly around the father, a central element in family life, as he moves about on his wheelchair, like some kind of worrying Custodian of the Premises. American writer H.P Lovecraft said : "Fear is the strongest and oldest emotion known to man"... And the film is set inside an Egyptian house... Is there a link here?

My Father
  • Directing Mohamed Adel El Safty
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