Beginners

Beginners

105 min  -  Comedy | Drama   -  3 June 2011 (USA)

Director: Mike Mills

Writer: Mike Mills

Stars: Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer and Mélanie Laurent

Beginners is a 2010 drama film, written and directed by Mike Mills. It tells the story of Oliver (Ewan McGregor), a man trying to deal with two stunning revelations from his 75 year-old father Hal (Christopher Plummer): that he is gay and gravely ill.

The film is based on the true-life coming out of Mills' father at the age of 75, five years before his death.

Beginners premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival, where The Los Angeles Times heralded it as a "heady, heartfelt film" with a cast who has "a strong sense of responsibility to their real-world counterparts".

Plot

At the age of 75, Hal (Plummer) decides to tell his son, Oliver (McGregor) that he (a) has terminal cancer and (b) is a gay man with a younger lover.

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