Captain Fantastic

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Captain Fantastic is a drama written and directed by Matt Ross, who is best known for his role as Alby Grant on the HBO series Big Love. Ross premiered the film at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and won the Best Director award in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes. The film stars Viggo Mortensen, Frank Langella, Kathryn Hahn, and Steve Zahn.

Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, isolated from society, a devoted father (Viggo Mortensen) dedicates his life to transforming his six young children into extraordinary adults. But when a tragedy strikes the family, they are forced to leave this self- created paradise and begin a journey into the outside world that challenges his idea of what it means to be a parent and brings into question everything he’s taught them.

“Viggo was a central collaborator in terms of his ideas about the script,” says Ross. “He had wonderful and insightful ideas about everything, including adding his own original music to the film. For me, he exemplifies a very high level of artistry and integrity. That is one of the things that made him my first choice to play Ben. Physically and temperamentally, he was absolutely right.”

Captain Fantastic is rated 14A.