The Son

The Son

K12

Genre

Drama

Director

Florian Zeller

Run time

2h 3min

Cast

Hugh Jackman, Vanessa Kirby, Anthony Hopkins, Laura Dern

A drama that follows a family as it struggles to reunite after falling apart. THE SON centers on Peter (Jackman), whose hectic life with his infant and new partner Beth (Kirby) is upended when his ex-wife Kate (Dern) appears with their son Nicholas (McGrath), who is now a teenager.

The young man has been missing from school for months and is troubled, distant, and angry. Peter strives to take care of Nicholas as he would have liked his own father to have taken care of him while juggling work, his and Beth's new son, and the offer of his dream position in Washington. However, by reaching for the past to correct its mistakes, he loses sight of how to hold onto the Nicholas in the present.

Genre

Drama

Director

Florian Zeller

Run time

2h 3min

Cast

Hugh Jackman, Vanessa Kirby, Anthony Hopkins, Laura Dern

A drama that follows a family as it struggles to reunite after falling apart. THE SON centers on Peter (Jackman), whose hectic life with his infant and new partner Beth (Kirby) is upended when his ex-wife Kate (Dern) appears with their son Nicholas (McGrath), who is now a teenager.

The young man has been missing from school for months and is troubled, distant, and angry. Peter strives to take care of Nicholas as he would have liked his own father to have taken care of him while juggling work, his and Beth's new son, and the offer of his dream position in Washington. However, by reaching for the past to correct its mistakes, he loses sight of how to hold onto the Nicholas in the present.

Info

Rating

Under 12 Not Allowed

Production year

2022

Global distributor

Sony Pictures Classics

Local distributor

ACME Film OÜ

In cinema

3/10/2023