Mother and Son (2022)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $3,900,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $170,419.00 |
| Original Language | fr |
| Popularity | 1.954 |
Directed By
Léonor Serraille
Crew
Léonor Serraille
Hélène Louvart
Clémence Carré
Sandra da Fonseca
Bertrand Gore
Nathalie Mesuret
Léonor Serraille
Pierre Delaunay
Youna De Peretti
Marion Burger
Isabelle Pannetier
Géraldine Belbeoc'h
TOP CAST
Annabelle Lengronne
Rose
Stéphane Bak
Jean (age 19)
Kenzo Sambin
Ernest (age 13)
Ahmed Sylla
Ernest (adult)
Sidy Fofana
Jean (age 10)
Milan Doucansi
Ernest (age 5)
Jean-Christophe Folly
Jules César
Majd Mastoura
Malick
Pascal Rénéric
Marsac
Thibaut Évrard
Thierry
Angelina Woreth
Camille
Manon Clavel
Sonia
Laetitia Dosch
Anna
Saül Benchetrit
Ludivine
Rafaël Rajabian
Romain
Aliocha Delmotte
Gaspard
Serena Goy de Peretti
Ludivine's Little Sister
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