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Mother and Son

2022 · 116 min

A quiet, tenderly observed family chronicle that drifts across two decades, leaving you with a lingering ache and affection for its people.

Directed by
Léonor Serraille
Genres
Drama
Starring
Annabelle Lengronne, Stéphane Bak, Kenzo Sambin
Overview
In the late 1980s, Rose moves from the Ivory Coast to the Paris suburbs with her two young sons, Ernest and Jean. Spanning 20 years from their arrival in France to the present day, the film is the moving chronicle of the construction and deconstruction of a family.

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Directed by
Léonor Serraille
Genres
Drama
Starring
Annabelle Lengronne, Stéphane Bak, Kenzo Sambin
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • immigration
  • parenthood
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
Places
  • suburbs
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Léonor Serraille
Written by
Léonor Serraille
Starring
Annabelle Lengronne, Stéphane Bak, Kenzo Sambin, Ahmed Sylla, Sidy Fofana, Milan Doucansi, Jean-Christophe Folly, Majd Mastoura
Cinematography
Hélène Louvart
Runtime
116 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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