Anthony Hopkins is welcoming old age by embracing his inner child
Tim Greiving, The Washington Post
Feb. 25, 2021
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Anthony Hopkins is the subject of awards buzz for his work in The Father. Olivia Colman plays Anne, the daughter of Hopkins s character.Sean Gleason/Sony Pictures Classics
In a particularly wrenching scene in The Father, a new film directed by the French novelist Florian Zeller, Anthony Hopkins s title character is disoriented with dementia, talking to a caregiver. He asks when his mother is going to visit him and begins to cry, repeatedly saying: I want my mummy. I want my mummy.