Beginners 2011 Movie

A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer and that he has a young male lover. More details

Directors

Mike Mills

Cast

Ewan McGregor Christopher Plummer Mélanie Laurent Goran Visnjic

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comedy drama romance gay relationship older man younger man relationship looking at oneself in a mirror death cancer french actress flashback terrier hotel marriage 38 year old graphic artist grief sadness drawing artist terminal cancer jack russell terrier coming out gay watching a movie reference to the advocate store oxygen shaving biting hotel room last rites apartment hair gel new york separation anxiety break up taxi rainbow flag childhood photo camisole black american african american house music reggae music reference to bill clinton massaging someone's face fast motion scene card trick reference to the kgb reference to the cia reference to the fbi spray paint graffiti distrust trust makeup german accent reference to calvin coolidge reference to ronald reagan bench park voice over narration monogamy library placing hands over someone's eyes french toast wedding reference to richard nixon reference to franklin d. roosevelt reference to dwight d. eisenhower hospice wheelchair rollerskating rink roller skating oxygen tank men's bathroom running fingers through someone's hair flower shop liar lie running boxer shorts reference to adolf hitler silverlake los angeles unhappiness reference to the mattachine society bedroom father daughter relationship mother daughter relationship portrait drawing underwear looking out a window ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship tape recording therapist therapy bathroom son feeds father feeding someone son shaves father shaving someone lung cancer jew art historian reference to ethel rosenberg reference to julius rosenberg homecoming welcome home party game playing apology death certificate obituary 78 year old marriage proposal suicide threat tea archive footage actor reference to veronica lake reference to louise brooks velveteen rabbit year 1965 year 1978 year 1971 listening to opera happiness new york city cigarette smoking subtitled scene loneliness pipe smoking record player recording reckless driving illness terminal illness ventilator child driving car year 1953 reference to jesus christ male male relationship giving a toast drinking drink female doctor computer flash forward gay bar bar book dying boy husband wife relationship repeated scene friendship montage reading aloud reading friend tears loss of father male male kiss talking dog f word mirror crying reference to harvey milk billboard vandalism pillow flowers vase hugging reference to allen ginsberg half jewish jewish kiss taco stand reference to the joy of sex bookstore telephone call laryngitis note halloween costume halloween party halloween dog park talking to a dog flashlight doctor holding hands closeted homosexual gay kiss cell phone pretending to be dead depression mourning bereavement priest gay priest nonlinear timeline photograph gay pride childhood memory memory year 1955 year 2003 packing no title at beginning no opening credits personal ad art opening art museum emotional healing sex in hotel hotel suite talking animal empty apartment fake beard reference to sigmund freud 1950s nurse medication hospital fireworks french accent mother son relationship self realization dancing dancer party boyfriend boyfriend relationship 75 year old autobiographical confession loss of wife loss of mother secret one word title california los angeles california dog death of wife homosexuality old age old man family relationships father son relationship gay parent gay father male female relationship death of mother death of father caterpillar

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