The Son

Le Fils

Belgium, France

Synopsis

Olivier is a joinery trainer in a social rehabilitation center. One day, the manageress of the center asks him to take a boy into his training group. Olivier refuses the application, pretexting that he already has too many trainees, and the teenager is put in the soldering workshop instead. Who is this teenager, Francis? Why, after refusing him in his group, does Olivier start following him wherever he goes, down the center corridors, in the city streets even as far as his apartment building? Why is he so interested in the boy? And what makes him so frightened of him?

Nominations & Awards

  • European Actor 2002
  • People's Choice Award 2002

Cast & Crew

  • Directed by: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
  • Written by: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
  • Cast: Morgan Marinne, Olivier Gourmet, Isabella Soupart, Rémy Renaud, Nassim Hassaïni, Kevin Leroy, Félicien Pitsaer, Annette Closset, Fabian Marnette, Jimmy Deloof, Anne Gerard
  • Produced by: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd
  • Cinematography: Alain Marcoen
  • Production Design: Igor Gabriel
  • Costume Design: Monic Parelle
  • Make-Up Artist: Tina Kopecka
  • Editing: Marie-Hélène Dozo
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