The Son (2003): Cast, Ratings, Box Office & Plot

Olivier Gourmet plays Olivier, a stern master carpenter at a youth trade training center. Despite dissatisfaction with his workload, he agrees to take on an additional apprentice: Francis Thorion, Morgan Marinne, a boy recently released from juvenile detention for the murder of Olivier’s son five years prior. Olivier’s interest in the boy’s training is guarded but real, and he begins to shadow Francis closely, even following him home, though Francis remains unaware of the personal connection. At the same time, he tells his ex-wife Magali Isabella Soupart, who is remarried and pregnant, that Francis was initially denied from the center, but that he had considered taking the boy on; Magali is upset by the suggestion. Francis makes an attempt to befriend Olivier, who reacts coldly.