“Utterly engrossing… balances a febrile intimacy with sumptuous and lyrical compositions.”
“A deeply human portrayal.”
“Sincerely one of the best films of 2020.”
“Explosive”
"Exquisite... one of the best documentaries about
the power of filmmaking ever made."
"A fascinating, tragicomic mirror-play about
a complex but loving relationship"
"Provocative... a richly textured experience"
"An exorcism of ghosts, lies and absences..."
“Thought-provoking stuff”
" A fascinating study of the extent to which
filmic truth can be pushed."
"Exciting, inventive… original”
"Sure to fascinate and hypnotize audiences alike"
“Compelling”
‘There is No Film Safe from Some Version of Exploitation…’
— Scarpelli on making EL FATHER PLAYS HIMSELF
"You see affection and pain for lost time,
with the jungle as a silent witness."
"A sort of electrocardiogram of the relationship
between life and fiction."
"An utterly compelling insight into the dynamics of a father and son relationship as well as masculine perfomativity."
“Shocking and moving”
"Scarpelli’s eye is never intrusive, always empathetic,
yet it never feels as if she’s holding back."
"Fascinating."
"The intense work of emotional excavation joins reflection...
on the fragile border between reality and fiction."
"Unfiltered and profound."
"A deconstruction of the parable of the prodigal son"