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The Dead Father

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Original title: The Dead Father
Year: 1986
Running time: 26 min.
Country: Canada
Director: Guy Maddin
Screenwriter: Guy Maddin
Cast: John Harvie, D.P. Snidal, Angela Heck, Margaret Anne MacLeod, Rachel Toles, Jilian Maddin, Stephen Snyder
Cinematography: Kathy Driscoll, Bob Russick, Stephen Snyder (B&W)
Producer: Extra Large Productions
Genre: Horror | Half-length Film
Synopsis: The patriarch of a troubled clan dies, but the resentment and yearning of the eldest son conspire to bring the errant father back for periodic visits in an only partially living state. These brief stop-overs are profoundly disturbing in thier incompletemess, and the boy finds himself driven inexorably to a final, frenzied act of self-loathing.

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The Dead Father

1986

Guy Maddin

5.3

(23)