The Redgrave dynasty spills its tea — and it's scalding.
Corin Redgrave presents a portrait of his father, Michael Redgrave, exploring his personality, nature and what he was like as a father. He uses family photographs and letters and his father's diaries and autobiography, and produces a picture of a complicated and troubled man who was bisexual, a heavy drinker and emotionally distant and cold as a father. Includes contributions from Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, as well as Harold Pinter and Diana Menuhin. Also contains clips from several of Michael Redgrave's films.
Acting
Corin's raw, conflicted narration — performance as inheritance.
Direction
Michell lets silence and family photos do devastating work.
Director
Roger Michell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Roger Michell later directed 'Notting Hill' — quite the pivot from family tragedy to rom-com royalty.
Michael's 1959 autobiography 'Mask or Face' was itself a performance of respectability; this documentary rips that mask clean off.
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