Jonathan
Wolfe VideoJonathan is 23. He and his aunt, Martha, work on their farm. Jonathan also devotes himself to looking after his father, Burghardt, who has cancer. But his father stubbornly sabotages all of his son's efforts to care for him. Jonathan finds it increasingly difficult to cope until they hire a young caretaker, Anka, to help. Jonathan and Anka fall in love; her experience of working at a hospice helps Jonathan to gain a new insight into his father's situation. But then Burghardt's long-lost boyhood friend Ron appears on the scene and his health visibly improves. The family sees Ron as an intruder; then Jonathan discovers that, many years ago, his father and Ron were deeply in love. All at once, the façade of cherished family beliefs crumbles and long-repressed secrets come to light. Can Jonathan forgive his father?
Reasons to Buy
- Can a young man on the brink of adulthood accept his family's troubled past? This intensely emotional gay-themed drama from Germany will find out.
- Jonathan has won numerous major awards at film festivals, including Audience Awards at Atlanta Out on Film, the Pittsburgh LGBT Film Festival and the Salt Lake City LGBT Film Festival. It also won the Jury Prize for First Feature at the Frameline San Francisco LGBT International Film Festival.
- The film has also earned excellent reviews from critics. Raindance Festival called it a "Visually stunning drama whose cinematography and soundtrack help paint the most beautiful depiction of love in pained circumstances." The Hollywood Reports said it's "An emotionally charged and visually sumptuous debut... It also reverses the generational conflict that drives more traditional gay-themed plotlines."
Information
- Director: Piotr J. Lewandowski
- Writer: Piotr J. Lewandowski
- Length: 1 hrs. 39 mins.
- Rating: NR
- Released: Feb 07 2017
- Production Year: 2016
- TLA SKU: 1881428
- UPC Code: 754703764461
- Catalog #: DV37450702
Reviews
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Family, Love and Regret
Amos Lassen
Director Piotr Lewandowski's "Jonathan" is a beautiful film and a visual experience about family, romantic love, and bittersweet regret. At 23 years old, Jonathan (Jannis Niewöhner) and hi... Read More