A Son

Name: A Son
Genre: Drama
Released: December 10, 2021
Duration: 95 min
Cast: Jihed Cherni, Karim Kefi, Mohamed Ali Ben Jemaa, Najla Ben Abdallah, Nissaf Ben Hafsia

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ArtMattan Productions | Release Date: December 10, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Jihed Cherni, Karim Kefi, Mohamed Ali Ben Jemaa, Najla Ben Abdallah, Nissaf Ben Hafsia, Noomen Hamda, Qassine Rawane, Sami Bouajila, Slah Msadek, Youssef Khemiri

Summary: 11 year old Aziz needs a liver transplant after being seriously injured during a terrorist ambush while on holiday in 2011. At the hospital a family secret will be revealed.

Director: Mehdi Barsaoui

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 95 min

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Elizabeth Weitzman

Dec 9, 2021

Shot in anamorphic, with long, silent scenes backed only by Amin Bouhafa’s haunting score, there is not a spare word or wasted image in the 92-minute running time. It should be said that this is not an easy watch, by any means. But it would be fair to call it a revelatory one. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Glenn Kenny

Dec 10, 2021

While “A Son” has allegorical parables with the political evolution of not just Tunisia but the whole MENA region, the first rate-acting, the very credible environments, and the straightforward, tight-as-a-drum direction make it hum with a directness that few social problem movies can muster. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Dec 10, 2021

As the tone, vibe and storytelling parts shift and shift again — the movie is by turns a hospital drama, a marriage melodrama, a black-market intrigue — Meriem and especially Fares draw you near, push you away and prompt you to choose sides. Read full review

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