My Father Died

Director Mikkel Beckmen / 1991 / USA

Years after the event, the narrator recalls being five-years-old when his family gathered for the wake after his father died. Now he is at a cemetery, picnicking with his girlfriend. Flat, home movie images of these two events cut frantically across each other in a bizarre but powerful commentary on loss, pain and the torment that can be let loose by memory. (SB)

Back To Index