Father to Son

Father To Son is the director’s personal voyage through the history of his family and the fundamental questions involved in fatherhood. The film examines the painful relationship between fathers and sons through four generations. Father To Son deals with the conflict between generations and their subjective memories, and the way different methods of raising children pass from one generation to the next. How often and to what extent do we repeat the behavioural patterns of our fathers; can we change or break these patterns or is repeating them inescapable; and how many generations are needed for change to occur? Are the values we have inherited from our fathers still valid in the modern world? The film explores the sensitivity of a man and a boy, and its preservation and suppression. Cinéma vérité material depicts the present, while interviews and illustrated psychotherapy material shed light on the past. In spite of its serious topic, the documentary also includes some black humour.