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Son of Joseph (Le fils de Joseph)

Son of Joseph (Le fils de Joseph)

Son of Joseph (Le fils de Joseph)

Review score: * * * * *

cast: Mathieu Amalric, Natacha Régnier, Fabrizio Rongione

year: 2016

colour: yes

certificate:

director: Eugène Green

runtime: 115

Vincent's mother (Natacha Régnier) always refused to reveal the identity of his father, but the teenager finally learns, to his dismay, that it's Oscar Pormenor, an egoistic and cynical Parisian publisher (Mathieu Amalric). Oscar specialises in mentoring young writers, whilst ignoring his own legitimate children, whose names he has trouble remembering.

When Vincent first tracks him down, it’s at a very lavish gala for a novel called The Predatory Mother. There, he is mistaken by a literary agent for an up and coming author. He meets someone called Joseph, who is going to transform his life...


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