JIMPA Movie

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JIMPA Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis:  From acclaimed director Sophie Hyde (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande), JIMPA is an uplifting multi-generational family story starring award-winning favourites Olivia Colman and John Lithgow. Hannah (Colman) travels to vibrant Amsterdam with her teen, Frances (Aud Mason-Hyde), to reconnect with her politically-engaged, gay father—affectionately known as “Jimpa” (Lithgow).   Frances is besotted with Jimpa and announces they wish to stay with him for a year – to Hannah’s apprehension. Jimpa is fiercely independent, so it is a shock when his declining health is revealed, upending Frances' plans and bringing Hannah’s sister in from the UK.   As the siblings negotiate what happens next, Hannah must confront her past and the stories she has told about her family. With warmth, humour and joy, JIMPA reminds us that, in every family, there are stories that don't add up.

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00:00So tell us about your film. So it's a personal story about my parents.

00:06It starts in Adelaide in 1977. They build a home together and they coach each other through life

00:13to make it a good family. But he's considered too political, too controversial, and so he says he

00:21needs to leave. He needs to find opportunities in a more progressive part of the world.

00:27You weren't hurt or angry at your father leaving?

00:36Have you talked to him about your film yet?

00:38You're worried that he's not going to give you his blessing?

00:41Maybe.

00:42Hello! Come here, come here.

00:48Everyone, this is Francis.

00:53I was thinking Francis needed to get out of Adelaide before it suffocates them.

00:57You can live with me.

00:58Is that what you want?

01:01At some point, he is going to hurt Francis.

01:04There's no such thing as bisexuality.

01:08Maybe tone it down a bit.

01:10Tone what down?

01:12Just because he's got all these very admirable ideals doesn't mean he necessarily puts them into practice.

01:17You're a child for such a short amount of time.

01:26That time as a young family is limited and it's gone and you can't live back.

01:30It's about a daughter learning to not need her father so much and her being grateful for that.

01:42I understand the need to find yourself, find your family.

01:55I simply said, Francis, this is your grandpa Jim.

02:00But he thought grandpa sounded too old.

02:04So he gave himself a new name.

02:06Jimpa.

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