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Released
2020 · FILM

The Father

An aging widower with dementia must confront a series of strangers claiming to be his daughter's husband and protect his cherished watch, while his determined daughter races against time to keep him out of a nursing home; as reality unravels, the fragile line between memory and deception threatens to shatter their family forever.

Directed by
Florian Zeller, Stewart Allen Smith
Written by
Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
97 min
DramaMystery
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

As he grows older, a man resists any help from his daughter. Struggling to come to terms with his shifting situation, he starts to question his loved ones, his own mental state, and the stability of his reality.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 183+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Yorgos LamprinosShot by Ben SmithardScored by Ludovico EinaudiDesigned by Peter FrancisCostumes by Anna Mary Scott RobbinsStunts by Jo Mclaren

Box Office

2020 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.5× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$21.0M

Budget$6.0M
Worldwide gross$21.0M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $2.1M — 10% of worldwide · International: $18.9M (90%)

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • El Padrees
  • Fatherfr
  • The Father - Nulla è come sembrait
  • (Croatian)Otac
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesJan 27, 2020
  • CanadaSep 14, 2020
  • SpainSep 18, 2020
  • SwitzerlandSep 26, 2020

Companies

ProductionLes Films du Cru, Film4, Orange Studio

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