Romulus, My Father (2007)

Romulus, My Father (2007) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( DTS 5.1 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
Spanish ( DTS 5.1 )
Spanish ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
104 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Behind the scenes
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Richard Roxburgh

Written By:
Nick Drake
Raimond Gaita

Actors:
Eric Bana ..... Romulus
Franka Potente ..... Christina
Marton Csokas ..... Hora
Kodi Smit-McPhee ..... Rai
Russell Dykstra ..... Mitru
Jacek Koman ..... Vacek
Alethea McGrath ..... Mrs. Lillie
Esme Melville ..... Miss Collard
Terry Norris ..... Tom Lillie
Jonathan Oldham ..... Lidia's Husband (scenes deleted)
Veronica Sywak ..... Lidia Vukovic

Synopsis:

Romulus, My Father is an adaptation of Raimond Gaita's award-winning memoir. It tells the story of Romulus (Eric Bana), his wife Christina (Franka Potente) and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, Raimond (Kodi Smit-McPhee). The story moves between comedy and tragedy and is rich with the details of the migrant experience of life in Australia in the early 1960s. At the heart of the film is the relationship between Raimond and his father, set against the profound tragedy of his mother, Christina's descent into depression and ultimate death.

Raimond Gaita comes of age in Frogmore, Victoria in the early 1960s. His parents are immigrants: his Romanian father farms; his German mother, Christina, estranged from Romulus, is in Melbourne. Romulus is near despair when she takes up with the brother of his best friend, who suggests he send for a new wife from back home. For Rai, poverty, bruises, and the mysterious ways of adults compete with his longing for a stable home and his own incipient puberty. Love and madness lie in the same bed. As an old woman tells Rai, "Sometimes what you reckon and what you get ain't the same thing."

It tells the story of Romulus, his beautiful wife, Christina, and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, Raimond. It is a story of impossible love that ultimately celebrates the unbreakable bond between father and son.

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