TY - JOUR T1 - The Father: a Neurology Film Club review JF - Practical Neurology JO - Pract Neurol SP - 171 LP - 171 DO - 10.1136/practneurol-2021-003258 VL - 22 IS - 2 AU - Katherine M Sawicka AU - Neha Patel AU - David Chan AU - Felix Tyndel Y1 - 2022/04/01 UR - http://pn.bmj.com/content/22/2/171.abstract N2 - The film The Father has us view life through a different lens. While we may never fully understand a person’s experience of dementia, The Father demonstrates a unique and empathetic portrayal of living with dementia.In June 2021, our 5-year-old University of Toronto Neurology Film Club assembled for a virtual viewing of the 2020 French–British film, The Father. Directed by Florian Zeller, it stars Anthony Hopkins as Anthony, a man with dementia, with co-stars Olivia Colman and Imogen Poots as witnesses to the progression of his disease and the corresponding lifestyle adaptations. The Father begins with Anthony, a retired engineer, living alone and listening to music and concludes with his placement in a nursing home. In between, however, he, and we too, become disorientated to persons, place and time. The artful manipulation of sets … ER -