Daddy Longlegs

Series: Special Events
Director: Ben Safdie/Joshua Safdie, Country: US, Release: 2010, Runtime: 100, Language: English
From emerging filmmakers Ben and Joshua Safdie comes Daddy Longlegs, a hit at last year's Cannes and this year's Sundance Film Festival. The film tells the story of a troubled and sometimes irresponsible single father during a two week custody visit with his two young sons in New York City. Invoking the rough, wild, and loose 1970s style of John Cassavetes and Jerry Schatzberg, "Daddy Longlegs is a risky, heartbreaking exercise in empathy toward a person who may not deserve it." (New York Times)
Q&A: writer/directors Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie