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Lots of interesting questions get asked in ALL ABOUT MY FATHER, Even
Benestad’s probing documentary about his father Esben Benestad, a respected
doctor and liberal politician in small-town Norway. Esben, however,has a
second identity as Esther Pirelli, sex therapist and sometime actress. This
deeply personal account indicates how Esben’s penchant for crossdressing led
to the break up of his marriage to Even’s mother.

Sometimes comic and sometimes painful, it explores how Esben’s drive for self-
actualization effected, and even damaged, the lives of the filmmaker, his
sister Elisabeth, their mother Liv, and Esben’s new wife Elsa.

Even notes, "It is important to show that my family is not unique—there are
many families like mine, and by making this film I hope others can see their
families in perspective. In order to do this, I could not compromise —
confrontation was both pertinent and meaningful to make this a genuine film."