Overview
A poignant exploration of love and loss, revealing the impact of violence on family.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- tender
- melancholic
- mournful
- reflective evening
- historical drama night
What critics said
Critics broadly regard the film as a moving and well-acted literary biographical drama, though its conventional treatment earns some reservations.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The writer recounts his father's life, ideals, family relationships, and killing through personal feeling and recollection.
The father's role as a tolerance and human rights advocate is presented alongside violence in Colombia's political and social life.
Héctor Abad Gómez is remembered as a loving father and university medical professor committed to tolerance and human rights.
The film adapts a book-length account by Colombian writer Héctor Abad Faciolince and centers his emotional response to his father's legacy.
Films like Memories of My Father, and why
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
shared biographical drama, family memory, political violence, and intimate emotional perspective
The Year of the Comet
shared literary adaptation, family loss, historical trauma, and reflective retrospective storytelling
Machuca
shared politically engaged family drama, authoritarian violence, and poignant remembrance
The Official Story
shared biography, human rights themes, and emotionally restrained historical drama
Movie Details
- Director
- Fernando Trueba
- Release Date
- 2020-08-22
- Runtime
- 136 min
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 (153)
Cast
- Javier Cámara
- Daniela Abad Lombana
- Aída Morales
- Patricia Tamayo
- Juan Pablo Urrego
- Kami Zea
- Luciana Echeverry
- Camila Zarate
- Laura Londoño
- Laura Rodríguez
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Cohen Media Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Memories of My Father about?
- A Colombian writer memorializes his compassionate physician father, whose defense of tolerance and human rights collides with political violence.
- What is Memories of My Father like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Memories of My Father as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Memories of My Father violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Memories of My Father as moderate.
- What did critics think of Memories of My Father?
- Critics broadly regard the film as a moving and well-acted literary biographical drama, though its conventional treatment earns some reservations.
- Which films are like Memories of My Father?
- Films with a similar feel include The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Year of the Comet, Machuca, and The Official Story.
- How long is Memories of My Father?
- Memories of My Father runs 136 minutes.
- Where can I watch Memories of My Father?
- In United States, Memories of My Father streams on Cohen Media Amazon Channel.
