Movies - The son : discover the trailer

By Mulder, 16 january 2023

The Son is a 2022 drama film directed by Florian Zeller from a screenplay written by himself and Christopher Hampton. It is based on Zeller's 2018 stage play of the same name and serves as a prequel to 2020's The Father. The film stars Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath, Hugh Quarshie, and Anthony Hopkins.

Principal photography began in August 2021. As of October 2021, production had concluded. It was reported Anthony Hopkins and Zen McGrath had also joined the cast, the former of whom is reuniting with Zeller after working on The Father (2020), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. In July 2021, Sony Pictures Classics acquired distribution rights to the film. STX Entertainment claimed the distribution rights for the UK, Benelux, Italy, Scandinavia and Iceland that same month. However, UK distribution rights are currently in question following the announcement that STX Entertainment's British offices were shutting down.

The film had its world premiere in-competition at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on September 7, 2022. Its North American premiere took place at the Toronto International Film Festival that same month on September 12, 2022. It also screened at the 2022 AFI Fest on November 5, 2022. The film was initially scheduled for a limited release in the United States on 11 November 2022, with expansions in the following weeks, before its limited release was shifted to November 25. Its US limited release was later shifted again to a one-week engagement from 25 November, only in limited New York City and Los Angeles theaters, before a nationwide release on 20 January 2023.

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Synopsis :
À dix-sept ans, Nicholas semble en pleine dérive, il n'est plus cet enfant lumineux qui souriait tout le temps.
Que lui arrive-t-il ? Dépassée par la situation, sa mère accepte qu’il aille vivre chez son père, Peter. Remarié depuis peu et père d’un nouveau-né, il va tenter de dépasser l’incompréhension, la colère et l’impuissance dans l’espoir de retrouver son fils.

The Son
Directed by Florian Zeller
Screenplay by Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampton
Based on Le Fils by Florian Zeller
Produced by Joanna Laurie, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Florian Zeller, Christophe Spadone
Starring Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath, Anthony Hopkins
Cinematography : Ben Smithard
Edited by Yorgos Lamprinos
Music by Hans Zimmer
Production companies : Film4 Productions, Ingenious Media, Cross City Films, Embankment Films, See-Saw Films, Inthevoid Production
Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics (United States), UGC Distribution (France), Lionsgate UK (United Kingdom)
Release dates : 7 September 2022 (Venice), 20 January 2023 (United States), 17 February 2023 (United Kingdom), 8 March 2023 (France)
Running time : 123 minutes