Stillman’s Portrait is about a closeted 28 year old artist returning to his seaside home for an old painting where he reunites with his estranged father.
Stillman’s Portrait (2016)
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Stillman’s Portrait is about a closeted twenty-eight-year-old artist returning home to a small seaside town for an old painting days before the commission deadline for his solo exhibition, where he is faced with the trial of coming out to his estranged father.
This film meanders around the intricate relationships involved with mature closeted men who struggle to open themselves to their closest people.
Stillman’s Portrait explores a very honest notion of paternal validation as well as self-acceptance amidst emotional barriers.
