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THE SON

by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne

synopsis

Who is that boy called Francis? If Olivier refuses to let this boy into his carpentry workshop, why is he following him to the gym, pursuing him in the streets and constantly observing him? Why is Olivier so interested in Francis? Is he afraid of him?

international title: The Son
original title: Le Fils
country: Belgium, France
sales agent: Celluloid Dreams
year: 2002
genre: fiction
directed by: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
film run: 103'
release date: IT 04/10/2002, BE 09/10/2002, FR 23/10/2002, GR 22/11/2002, ES 05/12/2002, NO 31/01/2003, PT 31/01/2003, CH 30/01/2003, AT 07/02/2003, NL 06/03/2003, UK 14/03/2003, DK 20/06/2003, DE 12/06/2003, HU 29/05/2003, SE 24/10/2003
screenplay: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
cast: Olivier Gourmet, Morgan Marinne, Isabella Soupart, Rémy Renaud
cinematography by: Alain Marcoen
film editing: Marie-Hélène Dozo
art director: Igor Gabriel
costumes designer: Monic Parelle
producer: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd
production: Les Films du Fleuve, Archipel 35, RTBF - Radio Télévision Belge Francophone
distributor: Cinéart, Diaphana Distribution, Lucky Red, Marco Film, Audio Visual Enterprises S.A., Stadtkino Filmverleih, Kairos Film, Xenix Filmdistribution Gmbh, Curzon Artificial Eye, Vértigo Films, Atalanta Filmes, AS Fidalgo Filmdistribusjon, Best Hollywood, Filmmuseum Distributie, Folkets Bio, Másképp Alapítvány

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