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Peter has his busy life with new partner Beth and their baby thrown into disarray when his ex-wife Kate turns up with their teenage son, Nicholas.

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Beth
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Peter
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Kate
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Alexandra
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Nicholas
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Andrew
Nancy Baldwin ...
Principal's Secretary
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Mr. Yama
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Sophia
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Allan
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Brian
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Brian's Assistant
Gabriel Ecoffey ...
Intern
Stephanie Palies ...
Assistant
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Therapist
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Waiter
George Cobell ...
Nicholas (6 Years)
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Anthony
Yolanda Nieto ...
Maria
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Jessica
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E.R. Psychiatrist
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Nurse
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Doctor Harris
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Mary (uncredited)
Kyle Reece Bell ...
Ambulance person (uncredited)
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Attorney in Peter's Office (uncredited)
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Hospital Attendant (uncredited)
Darrenjclarke ...
Lawyer (uncredited)
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Restaurant Manager (uncredited)
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Social Worker (uncredited)
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Hospital Patient (uncredited)
Tianyi Kiy ...
Government Official (uncredited)
Riccardo Mazzi ...
Business Executive Staff (uncredited)
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Boardroom Executive (uncredited)
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Speaking Dog Walker (uncredited)
Kieran Newport ...
Hospital Attendant (uncredited)
Van Pierre ...
Steven (uncredited)
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Boardroom Executive (uncredited)
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Boardroom Executive (uncredited)

Directed by

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Florian Zeller ... (directed by)

Written by

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Florian Zeller ... (screenplay by) and
Christopher Hampton ... (screenplay by)
 
Florian Zeller ... (based on the play 'Le Fils' by)

Produced by

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Daniel Battsek ... executive producer
Katherine Bridle ... associate producer
Iain Canning ... producer
Philippe Carcassonne ... executive producer
Christelle Conan ... executive producer
Lauren Dark ... executive producer
Nicky Earnshaw ... co-producer
Simon Gillis ... executive producer
Hugo Grumbar ... executive producer
Tim Haslam ... executive producer
Hugh Jackman ... executive producer
Christophe Jeauffroy ... line producer: France
Joanna Laurie ... producer
Susan Leber ... line producer: New York
Ollie Madden ... executive producer
Cass Marks ... line producer
Fabrice Préel-Cléach ... line producer: France
Emile Sherman ... producer
Christophe Spadone ... producer
Peter Touche ... executive producer
Florian Zeller ... producer

Music by

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Hans Zimmer

Cinematography by

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Ben Smithard

Editing by

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Yorgos Lamprinos

Editorial Department

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Peter Owen Brook ... assistant editor
Shing Hong Chan ... Colour Assistant: Company 3 London
Simon Chubbock ... chief operating officer: cinelab film & digital
Jeremy Crichton ... data i/o technician: Company 3 London
Madison D'Urbano ... post-production assistant
Christopher Francis ... additional colourist: Company 3 London (as Chris Francis)
Jon Gray ... Account Executive: Company 3 London
Dan Helme ... Data I/O: Company 3 London
Jonas Jangvad ... Colour Assistant: Company 3 London
Francois Kamffer ... feature finishing coordinator: Company 3 London
Thomas Lambert ... finishing editor: Company 3 London
Molly MacCormack ... colour assistant: Company 3 London
Julien Mathus ... Finishing Editor: Company 3 London
Claire McGrane ... Head of Operations: Company 3 London
Laura Metcalfe ... Head of Production: Company 3 London
Alexandra Montgomery ... Contractual Delivery Coordinator: Company 3 London
Leigh Myers ... finishing producer: Company 3 London
Stuart Nippard ... finishing editor: Company 3 London
John Quartel ... image scientist: Company 3 London
Brett Rayner ... image scientist: Company 3 London
Rob Redford ... assistant editor
Daniel Rosenberg ... senior lab operator
Gareth Spensley ... colourist: Company 3 London
Gareth Thomas ... finishing editor: Company 3 London
Julie Wuillai ... assembly editor
Theresa Crooks ... colour assistant: Company 3 London (uncredited)

Casting By

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Nicola Chisholm

Production Design by

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Simon Bowles

Art Direction by

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Katerina Michail ... standby art director
Caroline Story ... supervising art director
Amaya Valentina

Set Decoration by

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Mickaela Trodden

Costume Design by

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Lisa Duncan

Makeup Department

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Jean Carlos de Blas ... wig maker
Caroline Deransy ... hair artist: France / makeup artist: France
JT Franchuk ... hair department head: New York
Sasha Grossman ... makeup department head: New York
Karen Hartley ... hair designer (as Karen Hartley Thomas) / makeup designer (as Karen Hartley Thomas)
Charlotte Hayward ... hair stylist / makeup artist
Michelle Johnson ... hair department head: New York
Natalia Leniartek ... hair & make up artist
Evelyne Noraz ... makeup department head: New York (as Eveleyn Noraz)
Simone Philcox ... Hair and Makeup Junior
Lily Rogers ... hair trainee / makeup trainee
Emma Trachtenberg ... hair & makeup artist

Production Management

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Edouard Decker ... location manager: France
Polly Duval ... post-production supervisor
Jack Plummer ... production manager
Jason Reif ... production manager
Victoria Zalin ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Jamie D. Allen ... second assistant director
Danielle Barrett ... assistant director
Felix Baudouin ... second assistant director france
Benjamin Dol ... third assistant director
George Every ... first assistant director
Pippa Feldberg Collins ... third assistant director
Nick Flavin ... second second assistant director
Kat Hess ... second assistant director: new york
Manon Laffitte ... director's assistant
Eric LaFranchi ... first assistant director: new york
David Daniel Sentosa ... Crowd third assistant director
Selina Welsh ... assistant director: dailies
Ruby Victor ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Shadé Addams ... Lead graphic designer (as Shade Addams)
David Addison Myers ... assistant art director
Yomi Ayeni ... Standby Props: dailies / set dresser
Max Bagshaw ... props: art department
Dan Carter ... HOD carpenter
Sue Claybyn ... production buyer
Mollie Denny Gelder ... petty cash buyer
James Ellis ... standby props
Alexa Galea ... graphic designer
Chelsey Goord ... scenic artist / stand by painter
Georgie Hewitt ... art department assistant
Steve Howard ... carpenter
Matthew James Howe ... carpenter
Trevor Joseph ... daily
Christopher Kelley ... set decorator: NY unit
Etienne Kille ... set dresser
Alison Knowles ... assistant set decorator
Sara Lizzio ... junior draughtsperson
Sam Macqueen ... set dresser
Chelsea M. Matthews ... buyer
Paul Michel ... charge hand dressing props
Christopher Minard ... Art Director: NY unit / consultant art director
Vasco Oliveira ... graphic designer assistant
Steve Patterson ... construction coordinator
Paul Purdy ... property master
Alex Robertson ... set dresser
Mike Serrato ... standby props
Edward Sesay ... props (uncredited)
Jort van Welbergen ... concept artist
James Vooght ... construction coordinator
Darren Westover ... assistant property master
Hannah Wills ... assistant set decorator
Chris Edwards ... props (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Ben Adams ... sound trainee
Niv Adiri ... Supervising Sound designer / re-recording mixer
Alistair Bolt ... adr mixer
Jennie Breckenridge ... adr recordist (as Jennie Shea)
Andrea Cremonini ... 2nd assistant sound
Mark DeSimone ... adr mixer
Tammy Douglas ... Sound Mixer - NY Unit
Linda Forsén ... dialogue/adr supervisor
Zoe Freed ... Foley Artist
Glen Gathard ... foley mixer
Ryan Hill ... 1st assistant sound
Zoe King ... Assistant Foley Artist
David Lascelles ... production sound mixer
Phil Lee ... sound effects editor
Sean Miller ... adr recordist
Robert J Nesbitt ... Sound Utility: NY Unit
Brendan Nicholson ... Dialogue premix
William Pierce ... boom operator: NY unit
Jemma Riley-Tolch ... Foley Editor
Alex Robson ... Foley Editor
Tom Sayers ... sound effects editor
Ben Tat ... dialogue editor
Nikola Zivojinovic ... sound mix technician

Visual Effects by

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Gary J. Brown ... visual effects supervisor
Tobias Cameron ... visual effects artist
Melissa Curran ... visual effects artist
Krisztián Dani ... visual effects artist
Danielle Dunster ... visual effects producer
Mark Epstein ... lead visual effects artist
Matthew Fitzgerald ... visual effects artist
Bosky Kr ... visual effects producer
Abhishek Kumar ... visual effects producer
Andrew Li ... visual effects artist
Conor O'Sullivan ... visual effects editor
Crista Reed-Thomas ... visual effects coordinator
Sam Ridgway ... visual effects artist
Dominic Roberts ... visual effects producer
Gabriel Valente ... visual effects artist

Stunts

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Paul Kennington ... stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

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Jim Agnew ... best boy
Michael Ashley ... dit: second unit
Matthew Bernard ... video assist operator : new york
Michel Bouquerel ... gaffer: french unit
Alex Brown ... rigging gaffer
Anabel Caicedo ... B 2nd Camera Assistant: second unit
Mauro Calanca ... first assistant B camera: french unit
Myo Campbell ... second assistant camera
Arthur Chamaillard ... grip / grip: french unit
Kristin Davis ... digital imaging technician
Andy DeAngelo ... grip: New York Unit
Georgie Ekers ... Rigging Electrician
Nicolas Eon ... key grip: french unit
Rekha Garton ... still photographer
Jean-Charles Granjon ... underwater cameraman
Michael Harpur ... rigging electrician
Sean Patrick Henderson ... A Dolly Grip New York City Unit
Gabriel Hyman ... a cam 1st assistant camera
Dave Isern ... steadicam operator: new york unit
Elizabeth Khan-Greig ... second assistant camera: "b" camera dailies
Robert Ko ... first assistant camera: additional photography
Jessica Kourkounis ... still photographer: NYC unit
Gregory Lengyel ... electrician
Jerome Moran-Seekings ... rigging electrician
Katie Morrissey ... key grip: second unit
Frederic Moura ... remote camera operator
Jack S. O'Leary ... camera trainee: dailies
Inês Portugal ... A camera first assistant: NY unit
Joseph Robinson ... a camera 2nd assistant: New York Unit
Walter Romand ... drone pilot
Jad Roux ... Video Playback Operator (second unit, segment)
Sol Saihati ... gaffer
Samantha Silver ... new york unit b1st
Sebastian Slayter ... A camera operator: New York unit
Lily Taylor ... Dailies
Vincent Toubel ... (segment "France") first assistant camera
Clément Valette ... electrician: french unit
Sheldon J. Walker ... Best Boy Electric: New York Unit

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Taylor Barnett ... additional set costumer
Helena Bonner ... Costume Trainee
Marnie Fitzpatrick ... costume supervisor
Felicity Goldsworthy ... principal costume standby
Carly Griffith ... assistant costume designer
Lisa Harlow-Powell ... wardrobe supervisor: New York Unit
Alexandra Johnson ... additional set costumer
Harriet Town ... principal costume standby

Location Management

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Kate Bethany ... location assistant
Abbey Butler ... location marshal
Jeroen Cocquyt ... location assistant
Sébastien Daumas ... location assistant
Kim Eatough ... Covid Unit Manager
Adriel 'Chivo' Gonzalez ... assistant location manager: NY Unit
Jean-Charles Granjon ... marine coordinator
Gahan Haskins ... location manager
Danion Hughes ... location manager
Owen Hunter ... location scout
Ian Hutchinson ... supervising location manager
Petula Langlais ... guardian
Jeremy Levy ... location scout
Lucas Mulberry ... location assistant
Thibault Nardella ... régisseur plateau
Marcus Nolan ... Unit Manager
Jess O'Toole ... location scout
Carys Reid-Davies ... assistant location manager

Music Department

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Aldo Arechar ... score technical assistant
Timeri Duplat ... music editor
David Fleming ... composer: additional music / score produced by
Jessica Gibson ... studio manager: remote control productions, inc.
Tina Guo ... musician: cello
Taurees Habib ... digital instrument preparation
Jacob Johnston ... Score Mix Assistant
Steven Kofsky ... music production services
Alejandro Moros ... Score Technical Engineer
Ian Neil ... music supervisor
Rusanda Panfili ... musician: violin
Andrew Pask ... musician: double bass
Molly Rogers ... musician: viola/violin
Ryan Rubin ... supervising music editor
Òscar Senén ... music preparation / orchestrator
Jill Streater ... music librarian
Raul Vega ... digital instrument preparation
Seth Waldmann ... music
Leah Zeger ... musician: violin

Script and Continuity Department

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Susanna Lenton ... script supervisor
Laura Petoin ... Additional script supervisor
Julie Robinson ... script supervisor: NY Unit

Transportation Department

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Donatas Matukaitis ... unit driver
Mark Oliver ... picture car coordinator
Tomas Piekus ... transportation captain
Saulius Remeskevicius ... unit driver: To Florian Zeller

Additional Crew

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Juan Miguel Arias ... assistant: Mr. Hopkins (as Juan Arias)
John Baldofsky ... payroll accountant: New York Unit
Cecilia Bell ... assistant: Joanna Laurie
Omar Bermúdez ... marketing and creative services
Justine Bonnifay ... covid assistant
Matt Boughton ... assistant: Iain Canning
Gary Michael Brown ... medic
Robbie Bullough ... Covid Assistant Coordinator
Steven Carrington ... set medic
Lydia Cartwright ... assistant: Ms. Dern
Sébastien Cauchon ... marketing and distribution: France
Alice Clenshaw ... Creative: distribution & sales coordinator: Film4
Jon Clifford ... technical director: embankment films
Rob Coate ... production secretary
Laurence Cooper ... Production Executive: See-Saw Films
Ben Coren ... head of development: Film4
Libby D'Arcy ... general counsel: Embankment Films
Bernadette D'Mello ... assistant to producers
Claire Dewar ... covid supervisor
Tara Donnelly ... production assistant: new york
Olwyn Fagan ... assistant production coordinator
Agar Forjan ... for Golden Arrow Entertainment
Ellie Gaisford ... assistant: Simon Gillis
Andrew Harrington ... key production assistant: new york
Boyd Harvey ... insurance: Media Insurance Brokers
Fiona Hewlett ... Executive Assistant to Director: Film4
Emma Hockley ... editorial department runner
Bence Horvath ... payroll accountant
Jessica Hudson ... production legal: Sheridans
Chris Hyacinthe ... assistant: Ms. Dern
Amy Irvine ... clearances
Pauline Jabes ... additional unit
Hannah Jennings ... production coordinator
Sam Joly ... head of marketing and publicity: see-saw films
Donovan Jones ... e.p.k. producer
Paul J. Kennedy ... testing coordinator
John King ... cashier
Nessa King ... financial controller
Peter La Terriere ... completion guarantor executive
Manon Laffitte ... assistant: Florian Zeller
Elizabeth Lawal ... assistant to producers
Emily Leach ... Senior Production Executive
Sophie Levy ... assistant: Mr. Jackman
Ellen Lister ... senior business and legal affairs executive
Nadine Luque ... for Golden Arrow Entertainment
Sally Lynn ... Post Production Coordinator
Shars Maestri ... assistant: Ms. Kirby & Mr. McGrath
Garry Marriott ... construction medic
Sarah McCaffrey ... Mental Health Consultant/Counsellor: Solas Mind
James Joseph McDonald ... archive producer
Sara McFarlane ... business affairs: NY Unit
Donnchadh McNicholl ... Senior Legal and Business Affairs Executive: Film4
Timothy Mendonça ... production coordinator: ny unit
Lottie Millar ... assistant: Mr. Jackman
Rea Nolan ... dialect coach: Vanessa Kirby & Zen McGrath
Maya Norman ... Background Production Assistant: New York
Alexandra Pain ... covid coordinator
Jacob Paul ... production assistant
Tara Phillips ... production assistant
Max Pirkis ... international sales
Jess Platt ... dialect coach: Mr. Jackman
Emma Russell ... assistant: Ms. Kirby & Mr. McGrath
Andrea Scarso ... Executive for Ingenious Media
Michele Schweitzer ... chief strategist: Mr. Jackman
Clea Tammes ... unit publicist
Viktorija Tupikaite ... editorial department runner
Maite Villarino Vicente ... Licensing and Marketing Manager: Embankment Films
Emily Way-Evans ... assistant post-production accountant
Byron Young ... psychiatric consultant (as Byron Young MD)
Carles Berot ... dubbing supervisor (uncredited)

Thanks

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Timothy Aoki ... special thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

A 17 year old boy is going through severe psychological trauma ever since his father had divorced his mom and moved out. The boy appears to have lost interest in life. His mother and father try their best to counsel him and put him through professional therapy but things don't seem to be working out. Will his emotional turmoil reduce with time? Written by madanmarwah

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Also Known As
  • El hijo (Spain)
  • El fill (Spain, Catalan title)
  • 困在心绪里的儿子 (China, Mandarin title)
  • 儿子 (China, Mandarin title)
  • O Filho (Portugal)
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Runtime
  • 123 min
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Budget $6,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia During the shooting of this film, Hugh Jackman's father passed away. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in This Movie was Shockingly Terrible - Best and Worst of TIFF 2022 (2022). See more »
Soundtracks It's Not Unusual See more »
Quotes Peter: When you hurt yourself, it's as if you're doing it to me.
Nicholas: And when you hurt Mom, you were doing it to me.
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