Life

Casey Affleck's new film explores fatherhood in a world without women

February 09, 2019
US actor and director Casey Affleck and actress Anna Pniowsky walk over the red carpet as they arrive for the premiere of the film
US actor and director Casey Affleck and actress Anna Pniowsky walk over the red carpet as they arrive for the premiere of the film "Light of My Life" during the 69th Berlinale film festival on February 8, 2019 in Berlin. — AFP

BERLIN — A new film about a father-daughter relationship in a world without women was shaped by Casey Affleck's own struggles with becoming a single parent, the Oscar-winning actor said at the Berlin Film Festival where "Light Of My Life" is premiering.

In the movie, which Affleck directs, he plays a father who isolates his daughter from society in a desperate attempt to protect her from a pandemic that has wiped out most women.

In this dystopia, the father and daughter — dressed as a boy — fear discovery and plan escape routes wherever they stop. They trek through rain and snow, camping in woodland and seeking shelter in an abandoned house, a church and a home with three religious men.

Affleck, who won the best actor Oscar in 2017 for his performance in the family drama "Manchester by the Sea", said some ideas in the new film could be considered feminist but his goal had not been to make a film with a political message.

Anna Pniowsky, who played the daughter — he only female in the movie other than her mother, who features solely in flashbacks — said: "I think it is partially about showing that women are critical in this world." — Reuters


February 09, 2019
65 views
HIGHLIGHTS
Life
2 days ago

American teen pilot detained on small island in Antarctica

Life
2 days ago

Michael Madsen, actor of ‘Kill Bill’ and ‘Reservoir Dogs’ fame, dead at 67

Life
2 days ago

Astronomers spot an interstellar object zipping through our solar system