‘The Father’ to open at Cinema Art Theater April 16
The Rehoboth Beach Film Society’s Cinema Art Theater will present “The Father,” an extraordinary drama about a family coming to terms with the father’s Alzheimer’s symptoms, starting Friday, April 16.
Anthony, played by Anthony Hopkins, is 80, mischievous, living defiantly alone and rejecting the caretakers that his daughter Anne, played by Olivia Coleman, encouragingly introduces. Yet help is also becoming a necessity for Anne; she can’t make daily visits anymore and Anthony's grip on reality is unravelling.
Viewers experience the ebb and flow of his memory. How much of his own identity and past can Anthony cling to? How does Anne cope as she grieves the loss of her father while he still lives and breathes before her? “The Father” warmly embraces real life through loving reflection upon the vibrant human condition.
Screening times are 3 p.m., Friday, April 16; 6 p.m, Saturday, April 17; 3:45 p.m., Sunday, April 18; 1 and 4 p.m., Wednesday, April 21; and 6 p.m., Thursday, April 22.
Admission is $8 for members and $11 for nonmembers. Customers are encouraged to purchase tickets online at rehobothfilm.com. If seats are available, tickets can be purchased at the theater starting 30 minutes prior to each screening.
