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Portrait of My Father

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Juan Ignacio was eight years old when his father's body was found on a beach. His mother, a psychiatrist, decided an autopsy was unnecessary, even though his father had been depressed and had psychiatric medication among his belongings. Thirty years later, the filmmaker tries to find out what happened, who his father was and how his mother arrived at her decision. The filmmaker seizes on every possible lead to add detail to the picture of his father, including trying to find the police report from the moment when his father died. It's a film about a mystery and a yearning, lost, depression and love, as well as an exploration of what a person's tangible legacy can be, and how difficult that is to capture.

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Phuong Le Guardian 07/03/2024
4/5
What are the pieces that make up a life? This thorny question lies at the heart of Juan Ignacio Fernández Hoppe’s riveting, emotional documentary, whose structure resembles a detective story. Go to Full Review Laura Carneros Otroscines.com Sep 24
The documentary's main problem lies in the development of the script and suffers from a sluggish pace caused by overly long or unnecessary interviews, which fail to enrich the character of the central character. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Juan Pablo Russo EscribiendoCine Sep 23
8/10
...Fernández Hoppe exposes the tension between subjective memory and historical truth, a gap in which film functions both as an investigation and as an unfinished process of mourning. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Juan Ignacio Fernández Hoppe

Director

Carolina Luppo

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Synopsis Juan Ignacio was eight years old when his father's body was found on a beach. His mother, a psychiatrist, decided an autopsy was unnecessary, even though his father had been depressed and had psychiatric medication among his belongings. Thirty years later, the filmmaker tries to find out what happened, who his father was and how his mother arrived at her decision. The filmmaker seizes on every possible lead to add detail to the picture of his father, including trying to find the police report from the moment when his father died. It's a film about a mystery and a yearning, lost, depression and love, as well as an exploration of what a person's tangible legacy can be, and how difficult that is to capture.
Director
Juan Ignacio Fernández Hoppe
Producer
Carolina Luppo
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Spanish
Runtime
1h 39m