Romulus, My Father (Drama / Completed)

Romulus, My Father is based on Raimond Gaita's critically acclaimed memoir. It tells the story of Romulus, his beautiful wife, Christina, and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, Raimond.

It is the tale of a boy trying to balance a universe described by his deeply moral father, against the experience of heartbreaking absence and neglect from a depressive mother. It is, ultimately, a story of impossible love that celebrates the unbreakable bond between father and son.

Romulus, My Father stars Eric Bana as Romulus (MUNICH, TROY, CHOPPER), Franka Potente (RUN LOLA RUN, THE BOURNE IDENTITY) as Christina and Marton Csokas (LORD OF THE RINGS) as Romulus's closest friend, Hora.

Cast: Eric Bana, Franka Potente, Marton Csokas (Credits may not be contractual)

Director: Richard Roxburgh

Writers: Nick Drake (Screenplay), Raimond Gaita (Memoir)

Producers: Robert Connolly, John Maynard

Executive Producers: Gary Hamilton, Victor Syrmis, Andrew Myer

Production Company: Arenafilm

2007 AFI Awards:

- AFI Award for Best Film (Robert Connolly & John Maynard)
- AFI Award for Best Lead Actor (Eric Bana)
- AFI Award for Best Supporting Actor (Marton Csokas)
- AFI Award for Best Young Actor (Kodi Smit-McPhee)

2007 AFI Award Nominations:

- AFI Award for Best Film (Robert Connolly & John Maynard)
- AFI Award for Best Direction (Richard Roxburgh)
- AFI Award for Best Lead Actor (Eric Bana & Kodi Smit-McPhee)
- AFI Award for Best Lead Actress (Franka Potente)
- AFI Award for Best Supporting Actor (Marton Csokas & Russell Dykstra)
- AFI Award for Best Supporting Actress (Esme Melville)
- AFI Award for Best Young Actor (Kodi Smit-McPhee)
- AFI Award for Best Screenplay, original or adapted (Nick Drake)
- AFI Award for Best Cinematography (Geoffrey Simpson ACS)
- AFI Award for Best Editing (Suresh Ayyar ASE)
- AFI Award for Best Sound (Sam Petty, Gary Wilkins CAS & Phil Heywood)
- AFI Award for Best Original Music Score (Basil Hogios)
- AFI Award for Best Production Design (Robert Cousins)
- AFI Award for Best Costume Design (Jodie Fried)

Russell Edwards, Variety:

"Romulus, My Father holds the attention with fine perfs and exquisite lensing..."

"Bana successfully widens his onscreen repertoire as the titular parent... Supporting cast is convincing, with Dykstra distinguishing himself in the difficult role of Mitru. Smit-McPhee is endearing as the cherub-faced Rai."

Megan Lehmann, The Hollywood Reporter:

"Like the great Shakespearean tragedies, Romulus, My Father manages to transcend a wretched pile-up of calamities and emerges as a work of melancholic beauty."

Jim Mitchell, Filmink:

"Eric Bana continues to prove himself as a talented dramatic actor with a moving, highly affecting performance, and young Kodi Smit-McPhee, who features in most scenes meets him every step of the way. Csokas and Dykstra are also very strong, no doubt aided by the direction of acclaimed actor Richard Roxburgh, who makes an impressively strong directorial debut."

Peter Galvin, Inside Film:

"Director Richard Roxburgh and screenwriter Nick Drake have conceived the film as an episodic narrative of impressions and feelings. This undercuts the inherent melodrama, erasing traces of romance and sentiment. It's involving precisely because one can't anticipate the outcome of the action; instead we watch, enthralled by the way the characters negotiate each small victory and cope with every blow."

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