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The Son

Original title: Le fils · Turkish title: Oğul
2002 · 1 h 43 min
Directed by The Dardenne Brothers
DramaMystery

Cast

Olivier Gourmet Morgan Marinne Isabella Soupart

Plot

A carpenter teaching at a vocational school takes on a young apprentice who is the boy that killed his son.

Sinekatalog’s take

The Dardenne brothers' tense drama has a carpenter taking on the boy who killed his son. Olivier Gourmet is superb, and the handheld, close-up style makes a morality tale unbearably suspenseful.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (10,666 votes)
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