Original title: Beginners
Director: Mike Mills
Stars: Christopher Plummer, Ewan McGregor
Year: 2010
Awards: Won 1 Oscar - Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Christopher Plummer)
Plot Summary:
It's 2003. Thirty-eight year old graphic artist Oliver Fields has just
lost his father Hal Fields to cancer, after Oliver's mother Georgia
Fields passed away five years earlier. Oliver is naturally a sullen man
due to his growing up relationship with his parents (his mother who had a
unique view on life) and watching his parents' cordial but somewhat
distant relationship with each other, but is more so now because of his
personal family loss. Oliver embarks on a relationship with Anna, a
French actress. Oliver is hoping that his re-energized relationship with
Hal following Georgia's death and Hal's new outlook on life during that
time will show Oliver how to act in a loving relationship. After
Georgia's death, Hal came out of the closet and began to live with a
joie de vivre that did not exist before, which included an open
relationship with a much younger man named Andy. Oliver's relationship
with Anna has other obstacles, including Anna's own vagabond lifestyle
and Oliver needing to...
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