The Quiet Son

Pierre, a devoted father in his 50s, raises his two sons alone. When Louis, the youngest, leaves home to attend the Sorbonne in Paris, Fus, slightly older and not as successful academically, becomes more and more secretive. Driven by a fascination for violence, he gets entangled in far-right extremist groups, at the very opposite of his father’s values. Between them, there is love and hate, until tragedy happens.

Keywords

  • Female Filmmakers
  • La Biennale di Venezia !
  • Mostra: The best from the previous years
  • parenthood
  • politics

Actors

  • Vincent Lindon
  • Benjamin Voisin
  • Stefan Crepon
  • Maëlle Poésy
  • Arnaud Rebotini
  • Béatrice Pérez
  • Édouard Sulpice
  • Sophie Guillemin

Director

  • Delphine Coulin
  • Muriel Coulin

Drama


1h 58min


-12

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France
Belgium
2024
Pierre, a widowed father, struggles as one of his sons becomes drawn to an ideology he doesn't comprehend.

Pierre, a widowed father, struggles as one of his sons becomes drawn to an ideology he doesn't comprehend.


Pierre, a devoted father in his 50s, raises his two sons alone. When Louis, the youngest, leaves home to attend the Sorbonne in Paris, Fus, slightly older and not as successful academically, becomes more and more secretive. Driven by a fascination for violence, he gets entangled in far-right extremist groups, at the very opposite of his father’s values. Between them, there is love and hate, until tragedy happens.

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