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Show all (12)After his mother dies, Oliver (Ewan McGregor) is stunned when his father, Hal (Christopher Plummer), recently diagnosed with terminal cancer, comes out of the closet. When Hal passes away a few years later, Oliver grows depressed, struggling with his failing career as an artist while constantly remembering his childhood and time spent with his dad. Oliver's loneliness is eased when he meets actress Anna (Mélanie Laurent), but their relationship is threatened by their mutual fear of commitment.
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“Write what you know,” the standard advice goes, and filmmaker Mike Mills (Thumbsucker ) knew he had a compelling family story to tell. After his mother died, his father, a World War II veteran, came out of the closet at age 75.
“We started having all of these intense conversations about relationships and love,” Mills said at the South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival in March. “My gay dad talked a lot more freely about all of that than my straight dad ever did.” (Full review)