A pair of married white-collar swindlers run afoul of their place ransacked and the old man gone. It doesn’t take long for Kaye’s friends to turn on the couple, who go to the fiery bishop for help. But he’s not exactly generous, preoccupied as he is with raising money for a new temple (and with the promise of extravagant kickbacks). The parishioners continue to demand their money back, and Kaye and Edgar start receiving death threats. When the tension erupts in violence, Edgar decides to seek the aid of his criminally inclined family. Honor Thy Father is many things: a suspenseful story of betrayal and retribution, a drama about familial reconciliation, and a commentary on the tenuous nature of newfound wealth. Holding everything together are Matti’s fluid, skilled direction and the tightly wound performance by Cruz, whose Edgar a�� disgusted by the greed and hypocrisy he encounters a�� seems always on the verge of exploding. Source: You’ve probably heard something along those lines once or twice about a professor
HONOR THY FATHER – TIFF 2015
