Le Père (The Father) is a play by the French playwright/filmmaker Florian Zeller that won in 2014 the Molière Award for Best Play. It premiered in September 2012 at the Théâtre Hébertot, Paris, with Robert Hirsch (André) and Isabelle Gélinas (Anne). The play was considered as "one of the best plays of the century" by The Times and won several awards and nominations in Paris, London, Tokyo or New York. The play was translated into English by Christopher Hampton. It was adapted to make the French film Floride (2015). Zeller directed and co-wrote with Hampton the 2020 English-language film adaptation, starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman. It won the Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor (Hopkins).
Adaptations (1)
Le Père was adapted into a 2020 film.
The Father2020 · film · 97 min · dir. Florian Zeller · IMDb ↗A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
