The Son

The Son

2002 · 103 min · FR · 7.5 (140 votes)
Dir. Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne · Starring Olivier Gourmet, Morgan Marinne, Isabella Soupart, Nassim Hassaïni, Pierre Nisse, Anne Gerard
MysteryDrama

A joinery instructor at a rehab center refuses to take a new teen as his apprentice, but then begins to follow the boy through the hallways and streets.

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A quiet, deeply unsettling character study that lingers long after the credits. It's a film about the unspoken, the internal struggles, and the slow, deliberate unraveling of a man's psyche. Feels like a cold, gray morning.

tenseunsettlingmelancholicbroodingslow-burnarthousecharacter-drivenminimalistgritty realismmoralityredemptionisolationdisillusionment
moral conflict
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