Olivier, a carpenter who teaches his craft to teenagers become obsessed with a new student, Francis. The reason for his obsession soon becomes apparent - Francis murdered Olivier's son many years earlier...
Product Identifiers
Producer
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Denis Freyd, Luc Dardenne
EAN
5021866248301
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3961075
Product Key Features
Film/TV Title
The Son
Actor
Isabella Soupart, Olivier Gourmet, Morgan Marinne
Director
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Subtitle Language
Dutch\English\Italian
Format
DVD
Language
French
Release Year
2003
Features
Interviews With Jean Pierre And Luc Dardenne And Olivier Gourmet\Stills Gallery\Filmographies\Theatrical Trailers Of The Son Rosetta And La Promesse, Widescreen, With Subtitles
Aspect Ratio
Anamorphic Wide Screen
Genre
Drama, General
Run Time
101 Mins
Additional Product Features
Certificate
12A/12
Number of Discs
2
Country/Region of Manufacture
France
Director of Photography
Alain Marcoen
Reviews
Chicago Sun-Times - ...THE SON is complete, self-contained and final....It is assured and flawless..., Los Angeles Times - There are few filmmakers today for whom moviemaking is as deeply moral an enterprise as it is for Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne....[A] powerful new film..., New York Times - ...It is sturdy, durable and, in its downcast, unobtrusive way, miraculous..., Sight and Sound - Cinematically speaking, Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne are a modern-day miracle....THE SON weighs the balance of revenge and forgiveness...
Dubbing Languages
Italian
Additional Information
This intensely focused film from brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (LA PROMESSE, ROSETTA) follows Olivier (Olivier Gourmet), a man in mid-life working as a carpentry instructor in a blue collar French suburb. By day he teaches teenage boys how to work with wood. By night he leads a drab, solitary, routine existence. Olivier is a humble Everyman who could easily go unnoticed. However, the jarring sounds of his wood shop--sawing, hammering, slamming boards together--tell a different story, and set the tone for this simple but clearly dread-filled plotline. The camera violates Olivier with its constantly invasive, examining motion. It is behind his ears, up his nose, under his chin, and peering down the collar of his shirt. And as the film rolls, it becomes increasingly evident that Olivier is nervous, edgy, even seething about something deep inside. He develops a fascination with one of the boys in his class and nervously pursues the boy, offering him friendship and advice with a frightening lack of affection. Through forced spurts of dialogue and unexplained actions, Olivier's connection to the boy is slowly and painfully revealed. THE SON meditates on its own static tension, turning suspense into a gripping plotline all its own. Gourmet's performance is pointed and perfect, and it earned the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2002.