Rolling Stone Brazil has selected 10 movies available on streaming so you can watch with your father on this special date
Today is the second Sunday of August, Father’s Dayand a great way to celebrate the date is with a home movie session. Rolling Stone Brazil He has selected 10 striking films about parents and children – some have become true classics, others are based on real stories, and everyone has something in common: they are available on streaming so you can watch with your father. Check it out:
1. Relentless search (2008)
Synopsis: A former CIA agent, interpreted by Liam Neeson (Schindler’s list), embarks on a desperate mission to rescue her kidnapped daughter in Europe. An intense suspense about love and paternal instinct.
Where to watch: Disney+
2. Lula and Whale (2005)
Synopsis: Two brothers face the emotional turbulence of parental separation, both writers. Highlight for Jeff Daniels (The Newsroom) As the father in crisis.
Where to watch: HBO MAX
3. Fantastic captain (2016)
Synopsis: An alternative father tries to raise their children away from traditional society. When they need to go back to the real world, family and ideological conflicts emerge. With Viggo Mortensen (The Lord of the Rings).
Where to watch: Prime video
4. Finding Nemo (2003)
Synopsis: In the animation of Pixar, the can-strap Marlin leaves on a journey through the ocean to find his missing son. Albert Brooks (Drive) gives voice to the protagonist in the original version.
Where to watch: Disney+
5. Signs (2002)
Synopsis: A former pastor tries to protect his family during a possible alien invasion while dealing with past trauma. Starring Mel Gibson (Brave heart).
Where to watch: Disney+
6. Big fish and its wonderful stories (2003)
Synopsis: A man tries to understand his father’s life behind the fantastic stories he told. With Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting), playing the young version of the main character.
Where to watch: HBO MAX
7. I’m still here (2022)
Synopsis: In the early 1970s, the Paiva family, formed by the couple Rubens (Selton Mello, The Auto da Compadecida) and Eunice (FErnanda Torres, Foreign land) and their five children, live by the beach in a house with open doors for friends. One day Rubens is taken by military personnel and disappears. His wife is then forced to reinvent himself and draw a new future to himself and his children while trying to find out the truth about her husband’s fate, a search that would extend for decades.
Where to watch: Globe
8. Life is beautiful (1997)
Synopsis: During the Holocaust, a father uses the power of imagination to protect the son from the horrors around. Starred by Roberto Benigni (The tiger and the snow), which also directs the feature.
Where to watch: Netflix
9. Zombie invasion (2016)
Synopsis: A father tries to protect his daughter during a zombie outbreak on a train to Busan. The South Korean movie is starring Gong Yoo (End Point – Silenced).
Where to watch: Netflix
10. Gonzaga: from father to son (2012)
Synopsis: The film portrays the troubled and exciting relationship between singer and songwriter Luiz Gonzaga, “King of Baião”, and his son Gonzaguinha. Based on real facts, it shows as a father and son, marked by hurts and distance, tried to rebuild their ties through music and forgiveness. Starring Júlio Andrade (Under pressure).
Where to watch: Netflix
Also read:‘The best mother in the world’ reveals the invisible strength of those who carry the world on their backs
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Source: Rollingstone

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