Fathers & Sons is a 2010 Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Carl Bessai."Carl Bessai explores father-son dynamic in new film at VIFF". The Globe and Mail, September 29, 2010. An unofficial sequel to his 2008 film Mothers & Daughters, it used a similar process of improvisational character development to dramatize several stories of relationships between fathers and sons."Carl Bessai’s Fathers & Sons is a cultural mashup". The Georgia Straight, January 19, 2011.
Bernie (Benjamin Ratner) meets his estranged father Anton (Jay Brazeau) for the first time at his mother's funeral; Kama (Stephen Lobo) is an accountant who is embarrassed to introduce his fiancée (Sonja Bennett) to his flamboyant gay Bollywood choreographer father Satish (Manoj Sood); Viv (Viv Leacock) and his father Blu (Blu Mankuma) don't see eye to eye about money; Vince (Vincent Gale), Sean (Tyler Labine), Hrothgar (Hrothgar Mathews), and Tom (Tom Scholte) are four brothers, not especially close, who are in for a surprise at the reading of their late father's will."What a savvy ensemble; Stories that go down dark roads deftly handled". The Province, November 17, 2010.
The film won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best British Columbia Film in 2010."Vancouver Film Critics' Circle awards". Alaska Highway News, January 12, 2011.
Bessai followed up with a third film in his "Family Trilogy", Sisters & Brothers, in 2011."Bessai thought it best to just keep working on Fathers & Sons sequel". The Province, January 20, 2011.
Cast Stephen Lobo as Kama / Cameron Manoj Sood as Satish Tyler Labine as Sean Vincent Gale as Vince Hrothgar Mathews as Hrothgar Tom Scholte as Tom Blu Mankuma as Blu Viv Leacock as Viv Jay Brazeau as Anton Benjamin Ratner as Bernie Sonja Bennett as Sonja Other cast members; Jennifer-Juniper Angeli as Concerned Mother Tantoo Cardinal as Gordon's Sister Babz Chula as Aunt Barbara Agam Darshi as Agam Richard de Klerk as Leonard Alisen Down as Waitress Rebecca Jenkins as Rebecca Leena Manro as Leena Gabrielle Rose as Mother
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