The Quiet Son

The Quiet Son

When filial love collides with the flames of ideology.

2025 · 118 min · ★ 6.5 · Drama

Pierre, a devoted father in his 50s, raises his two sons alone. When Louis, the youngest, leaves home to attend the Sorbonne in Paris, Fus, slightly older and not as successful academically, becomes more and more secretive. Driven by a fascination for violence, he gets entangled in far-right extremist groups, at the very opposite of his father’s values. Between them, there is love and hate, until tragedy happens.

Directed by Delphine Coulin · Written by Muriel Coulin

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Vincent Lindon Pierre
Benjamin Voisin Fus
Stefan Crepon Louis
Maëlle Poesy-Guichard Lawyer of Fus
Édouard Sulpice Jérémy
Sophie Guillemin Cathy
Arnaud Rebotini Bernard
Béatrice Pérez La doyenne de la Sorbonne
Céline Bazelaire La Présidente du tribunal
Lucas Mortier Ami Fus
Eric Kieffer Ami Fus
Martin Reidler Ami Fus

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