My Old Man (1979)

Directed by

John Erman

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl lives with her father, a horse trainer. When he dies suddenly, she is left to navigate the loss and find her own path.

sentimentalearnestfamily-centeredemotionalrestrainedlow-keyquietly poignantmelancholic

What happens

My Old Man is a 1979 American made-for-television drama film starring Kristy McNichol, Warren Oates and Eileen Brennan, directed by John Erman. The film, written by Jerome Kass, was based on the Ernest Hemingway 1923 short story "My Old Man", which had previously been adapted for the 1950 film Under My Skin. The TV film was originally broadcast on CBS on December 7, 1979. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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