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Beginners (2010)  link to Beginners on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 121

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IMDb Rating:
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7.2/10 (72659 votes)

Country: USA, 105 minutes

Spoken Languages: English, French

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Director(s): Mike Mills

Cast: Ewan McGregor (as Oliver), Christopher Plummer (as Hal), Mélanie Laurent (as Anna), Goran Visnjic (as Andy), Kai Lennox (as Elliot)

Medium: Unknown,

Storyline: 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 relationships 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 losses. Oliver embarks on a relationship with Anna, a French actress, 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 take...

Location: I18

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1