A daughter looks for love
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Did you know
Russell Crowe won the Best Actor Oscar for Gladiator.
The emotional new drama, Fathers and Daughters, directed by Gabriele Muccino, follows the relationship between Jake Davis (Russell Crowe) and his daughter Katie (Amanda Seyfried).
Jake Davis is a successful writer in 1980’s New York who is raising his 5-year-old daughter after the death of her mother. As Jake begins to develop a mental illness, it becomes increasingly difficult for him to take care of Katie, who goes to live with her aunt. After a year in hospital, Jake has trouble taking Katie back.
Twenty-five years later, Katie is a smart psychologist who starts dating Cameron (Aaron Paul), an aspiring novelist. As the relationship suffers, Katie has to look to her past and her difficult relationship with her father.
Enjoy the sadness when Fathers and Daughters opens in local cinemas on December 17.
Vocabulary
- psychologist (n): a doctor who treats people with mental problems
aspiring (adj): wanting to start the career that is mentioned
