Film: "Beginners"

For details see:[ https://rexbern.ch/filme/beginners](https://rexbern.ch/filme/beginners)

Meeting time allows us 15 minutes before the film starts to meet up - please be on time so we can get seats together. In English with German subtitles.

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Beginners is a 2010 American romantic comedy drama film starring Ewan McGregor, Christoper Plummer, Mélanie Laurent and Goran Visnjic. It was written and directed by Mike Mills. Based on the coming out of Mills' father at the age 75, five years before his death, it tells the story of a man reflecting on the life and death of his father, while trying to forge a new romantic relationship with a woman dealing with father-issues of her own.

After its premiere at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival, the Los Angeles Times heralded Beginners as a "heady, heartfelt film" with a cast who have "a strong sense of responsibility to their real-world counterparts". Christopher Plummer won many accolades, including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Awards:
Beginners won the Gotham Award for Best Feature. For his performance, Christopher Plummer won many accolades, including at:

• The National Board of Review Awards
• The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
• The Online Film Critics Society Awards
• The Denver Film Critics Society Awards
• The Satellite Awards
• The Golden Globe Awards
• The Screen Actors Guild Awards
• The British Academy Film Awards
• The Academy Awards where Plummer won for Best Supporting Actor.
• The Independent Spirit Awards where Plummer won Best Supporting Male and the film was nominated for Best Feature, Best Director, and Best Screenplay.

The soundtrack featured selections of contemporary classical, folk and jazz numbers, from artists such as Hoagy Carmichael, Gene Austin, Jelly Roll Morton, Mamie Smith and Josephine Baker.