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The Son [DVD] [2002]

DVD ~ Olivier Gourmet

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Actors: Olivier Gourmet, Morgan Marinne, Isabella Soupart
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
Language French
Subtitles: Dutch, English, Italian
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 2
Classification: 12
Studio: Artificial Eye
DVD Release Date: 28 Jul 2003
Run Time: 101 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

ASIN: B00009Z52J
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 15,692 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Special Features

Interviews with Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne and Olivier Gourmet
Stills gallery
Filmographies
Theatrical trailers of The Son, Rosetta and La Promesse
DVD Technical Information:
- Language: French
- Subtitles: English, Dutch and Italian
- French Dolby Digital 5.1 with optional Italian dubbing
- Region Code: 2
- Enhanced for widescreen TVs
- Running time:
  Disc 1: 101 minutes
  Disc 2: 70 minutes

Synopsis

This intensely focused film from brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (LA PROMESSE, ROSETTA) follows Olivier (Olivier Gourmet), a man in mid-life working as a carpentry instructor in a blue collar French suburb. By day he teaches teenage boys how to work with wood. By night he leads a drab, solitary, routine existence. Olivier is a humble Everyman who could easily go unnoticed. However, the jarring sounds of his wood shop--sawing, hammering, slamming boards together--tell a different story, and set the tone for this simple but clearly dread-filled plotline. The camera violates Olivier with its constantly invasive, examining motion. It is behind his ears, up his nose, under his chin, and peering down the collar of his shirt. And as the film rolls, it becomes increasingly evident that Olivier is nervous, edgy, even seething about something deep inside. He develops a fascination with one of the boys in his class and nervously pursues the boy, offering him friendship and advice with a frightening lack of affection. Through forced spurts of dialogue and unexplained actions, Olivier's connection to the boy is slowly and painfully revealed. THE SON meditates on its own static tension, turning suspense into a gripping plotline all its own. Gourmet's performance is pointed and perfect, and it earned the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2002.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Breathtaking, 17 April 2006

By	David Welsh (Oslo, Norway) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

This outstanding low-budget film follows a man who teaches teenage boys carpentry in a vocational high school. A new pupil arrives who, unbeknown to the boy himself, has had a profoundly destructive effect on the man's life some years in the past. As a friendship gradually forms between them, both characters must eventually come to terms with their past. The camerawork is fascinating, the acting outstanding and the simple, disturbing plot is utterly compelling. If you're looking for something out of the ordinary with a bit of weight to it, give this film a go.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Parallel agonies., 4 Feb 2006

By	Mr. James Rousay "jjalexander" (UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A film which explores concurrent themes of cruelty and compassion, revenge and forgiveness. It will break your heart. To be watched alone, more than twice.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best film for me right now, 23 Jan 2006

By	Plain "Truthseeker" (Durham, UK) - See all my reviews

What I can do is to give you an interllectual account of what I think this film says. But even that, hmm, should I do it, and how? Well, it's about the psychology of the meaning and understanding of life, told in a down-to-earth everyday story of a carpenter and his ex - Maria. And yes, there was a son. What I find good, is that you identify with that father of that son - and you are guided through the process of his life. And, ok yes, it can be Christian, but as far as I am concened, partly also because you identify with the father, it's much more Buddhist in its psychology (no externalisation/projection, and in the end no concepts or illusions - even beyond compassion). Very good stuff indeed. Apologies to those for whom I sound mystical. It's conceptual and non-conceptual and a great experience, not just at the concious intellectual level. If my oracling rings any bells with you, just take the risk, and go and watch it (oh, and in Holland it was elected by the readers of the Dutch equivalent of the Guardian as one of the best 10 films ever - the pianist was amomgst them as well).
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4.0 out of 5 stars A replacement of sorts
The Son seems at times like an apprentice carpentry video.The tutor is a man whose face you never fully see or you see it side-on looking at the trainee's work efforts. Read more

Published 5 months ago by technoguy

5.0 out of 5 stars The Son - strange but enjoyable
The Son - in French with English subtitles. A strange, well acted, and enjoyable film about human relationships. It kept my attention all the way through. Read more

Published on 11 Jan 2006 by J. Simpson

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