Viggo to host Sandpoint event

Sandpoint’s Panida Theater promises to be a popular place this weekend as Oscar-nominated actor Viggo Mortensen hosts two screenings of his most recent film, “Captain Fantastic.” All seats for both the Friday and Saturday shows are sold out, which means the events’ beneficiaries KRFY FM and Team Autism are the ultimate winners.

“Captain Fantastic” stars Mortensen as Ben Cash, who has been raising his six children off the grid in the woods of Washington. A family crisis forces his family to emerge and reintegrate with the modern world. The film opened during the summer of 2016, after premiering last January at the Sundance Film Festival. The reviews were mostly positive. As Steven Rea noted in the Philadelphia Inquirer, “It’s a rare movie that asks such big questions – about parenting, about family, about modern-day America – and comes up with answers that are moving and meaningful, that make you laugh and cry.”