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El Father Plays Himself

7.020201h 45mMovieDocumentary

A young film director returns to Venezuela, inspired to make a film based on his father's life in the Amazon jungle (La Fortaleza, Jorge Thielen Armand). He casts Father to play himself. What starts as an act of love and ambition —…

DirectorMo Scarpelli
ProducersRodrigo Michelangeli·Manon Ardisson

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True StoryTrue Story
Availability shown for Australia · rights vary by country

Cast · Directed by Mo Scarpelli

JAJorge Thielen Armand
Jorge Thielen Armand
Self
JH
Jorge Thielen Hedderich
Self
RMRodrigo Michelangeli
Rodrigo Michelangeli
Self

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El Father Plays Himself is streaming on True Story in Australia. It's not currently on Netflix.

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