Beginners
Sign in to saveBeginners is a 2010 American romantic comedy drama film written and directed by Mike Mills. Based on the coming out of Mills' father at the age 75, five years before his death, it tells the story of a man reflecting on the life and death of his father, while trying to forge a new romantic relationship with a woman dealing with father-issues of her own.
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6.8Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only months after his father Hal Fields has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father, who, following the death of his wife of 44 years, came out of the closet at age 75 to live a full, energized, and wonderfully tumultuous gay life – which included a younger boyfriend.
Released: 2011-06-03104 minDir: Mike MillsDrama, Romance, Comedy
Cast
- Ewan McGregor as Oliver Fields
- Christopher Plummer as Hal Fields
- Mélanie Laurent as Anna Wallace
- Goran Višnjić as Andy
- Kai Lennox as Elliot
- Mary Page Keller as Georgia Fields
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Beginners
- Film.image
- Beginners Poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Promotional poster
- Film.director
- Mike Mills
- Film.writer
- Mike Mills
- Film.cinematography
- Kasper Tuxen
- Film.editing
- Olivier Bugge Coutté
- Film.distributor
- Focus Features
- Film.runtime
- 104 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $3.2 million
- Film.gross
- $14.3 million
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Key dates
- Published
- 9 June 2011
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- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- lung cancer
- Director
- Mike Mills
- Screenwriter
- Mike Mills
- Composer
- Brian Reitzell
- Narrative location
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Beginners is a 2010 American romantic comedy drama film written and directed by Mike Mills. Based on the coming out of Mills' father at the age 75, five years before his death, it tells the story of a man reflecting on the life and death of his father, while trying to forge a new romantic relationship with a woman dealing with father-issues of her own.
After its premiere at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival, the Los Angeles Times heralded Beginners as a "heady, heartfelt film" with a cast who have "a strong sense of responsibility to their real-world counterparts". Christopher Plummer won many accolades, including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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2010 American films2010 English-language films2010 films2010 independent films2010 LGBTQ-related films2010 romantic comedy-drama films2010s LGBTQ-related drama filmsAlliance Films filmsAmerican independent filmsAmerican LGBTQ-related filmsAmerican nonlinear narrative filmsAmerican romantic comedy-drama films