The Son is Belgian brother-helmers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne's follow-up to 1999's Rosetta, and it's just as enigmatic and minimalist as that controversial Palme D'Or winner. Its Christian-themed tale involves the middle-aged Olivier (Olivier Gourmet), who teaches carpentry at a centre for disadvantaged boys in an unnamed city.But why does his ex-wife (Isabella Soupart) react so aggressively when she learns that a particular teenager (Morgan Marinne) is one of his pupils? And why does Olivier take this trainee to a deserted saw mill?
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