One week after a seemingly harmless car accident, a 45-year-old man suffers total amnesia. Christening himself the “New Richard,” he embarks upon a new life with a new wife far away from his family. Sixteen years later, his oldest son returns with a camera to investigate why his father’s memory never returned.
Includes: the complete 84 min. film (in English with optional English closed captions or German or Spanish subtitles), interviews (in English and German) with the filmmakers, outtakes.
Director Rick Minnich is interviewed on the German TV talk show "NDR DAS". (in German)
A selection of scenes that ended up on the cutting room floor.
Filmmakers Rick Minnich and Matt Sweetwood discuss "Forgetting Dad" at the IDFA Talk Show after the world premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam in November 2008.
One week after a seemingly harmless car accident, a 45-year-old man suffers total amnesia. Christening himself the “New Richard,” he embarks upon a new life with a new wife far away from his family. Sixteen years later, his oldest son returns with a camera to investigate why his father’s memory n...
One week after a seemingly harmless car accident, a 45-year-old man suffers total amnesia. Christening himself the “New Richard,” he embarks upon a new life with a new wife far away from his family. Sixteen years later, his oldest son returns with a camera to investigate why his father’s memory n...