Robert Downey Jr. in his public image, as well as in the films in which he starred, appears as a man who controls everything that happens to him.

But in the documentary Elder, which debuted at the Telluride Film Festival, the Iron Man star turned the camera on his relationship with his father during his Parkinson’s disease, revealing a far more vulnerable portrait of one of the world’s most famous stars. .

“Sir.” focuses on the lifelong bond between father and son and explores the tumultuous relationship between Robert Sr. and Jr.

“It’s kind of a redemption story without a happy ending, but it’s funny. And those are my favorite stories,” Downey Jr. said after the screening of the film.

The film, directed by Chris Smith, is a fusion of two approaches. Robert Sr. is filming his latest film and the younger one follows, making a documentary about his father, who died in July 2021 at the age of 85.

Source: RES-EMI