Father and son

Synopsis

Explores the roles of fathers and sones: Colin Browne’s father, formerly a naval officer, suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. Shows his last birthday at home, shortly before he goes into residential care, and weaves back and forth through time in an attempt to reconstruct a shared past that was in many respects marked by incomprehension or absence. As a contrast, other examples of father-son relationships are shown in the context of western society.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 89 min.

Year of production

1992

Availability

Hire
Sale; 1994 hire: £12.00 1994 sale: £50.00

Subjects

Social welfare

Keywords

Alzheimer’s disease; fathers; senile dementia

Production Company

Name

National Film Board of Canada

Email

customerservice@nfb.ca

Web

http://www.nfb.ca External site opens in new window

Phone

(514) 283 9000

Fax

(514) 283-7564

Address

Sales and Customer Service (D-10)
PO Box 6100
Station Centre-Ville
Montreal
QC H3C 3HS
Canada

Distributor

Name

Concord Media

Email

sales@concordmedia.org.uk

Web

http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window

Phone

01473 726 012

Address

Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG

Notes

A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.