
Life as a House(2001)
When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.


“Between every father and his son there is a story to be told.”
The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father.

Jim Broadbent
Arthur Morrison

Colin Firth
Blake Morrison

Juliet Stevenson
Kim Morrison

Gina McKee
Kathy Morrison

Sarah Lancashire
Beaty

Elaine Cassidy
Sandra

Claire Skinner
Gillian

Matthew Beard
Blake Morrison (Teen)

Bradley Johnson
Blake Morrison (Child)

Carey Mulligan
Rachel
And When Did You Last See Your Father? is a drama film released in 2007 exploring themes of parent child relationship, memory, hospital, confrontation, family, dying father. Directed by Anand Tucker, it stars Jim Broadbent, Colin Firth, Juliet Stevenson. The story of a son's conflicting memories of his dying father.
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