The Son
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- Synopsis
- This downbeat drama by acclaimed Belgian filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne bears a thematic and formal resemblance to their previous works, La Promesse and the Palme D'Or winner Rosetta....
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- Director(s)
- Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
- Distributor(s)
- New Yorker
- MPAA Rating
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 103 min.
Critic Reviews
It is as assured and flawless a telling of sadness and joy as I have ever seen. Read the full review
By the climax, we can hardly breathe -- The outcome is less important than our utter and complete empathy with this man. As we await what he does, we breathe with him, in and out. This is an astonishing movie.Read the full review
To call The Son a masterpiece would be to insult its modesty. Like the homely, useful boxes Olivier teaches his prodigals to build, it is sturdy, durable and, in its downcast, unobtrusive way, miraculous.Read the full review
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