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Where was Beginners filmed?

2011 film, directed by Mike Mills.

  • Los Angeles

The story is set in Los Angeles, so the filming stayed close to the setting.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Los Angeles
Filmed in
Los Angeles
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About Beginners

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Released
2011
Director
Mike Mills
Cast
Ewan McGregorChristopher PlummerMélanie LaurentGoran VišnjićLou Taylor PucciCosmo
Genre
DramaRomantic ComedyLgbtq-related
Awards
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Hal had come out to Oliver six months after Georgia, Hal's wife of 44 years and Oliver's mother, died of cancer, and explored life as an openly gay man from the age of 75 until he died four years later.

Oliver helped Hal during his cancer treatments, and he noted the grace, good humor, and, sometimes, seeming-denial with which Hal faced his fate.

Not wanting to end up like his parents, Oliver never settled for a passionless relationship, which has left him with only Hal's Jack Russell Terrier, Arthur, who does not like to be left alone, for company.

Famous lines from Beginners

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • You did?Oliver
  • Funny, yeah.Elliot
  • House music?Hall
  • "Funny" funny.Shauna
  • Probably house music.Oliver

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