Firth stars in family drama

Colin Firth and Jim Broadbent star in new movie And When Did You Last See Your Father, an unflinching story of a father son relationship.

Based on Blake Morrison’s book, it follows scholarly Blake’s fraught and some times humiliating teenage years growing up with a charismatic, overbearing and adulterous father, through to the ultimate grief of watching him die, as an adult and father himself.

Directed by Anand Tucker (Hilary and Jackie, Shopgirl), from a screenplay by David Nicholls (Cold Feet, Starter for 10), adapted from Blake Morrison’s novel of the same name, the film stars Firth and Broadbent in the father-son roles, supported by Juliet Stevenson, Gina McKee, Claire Skinner, and Matthew Beard.

nd When Did You Last See Your Father is released on October 5.