My Son

Mar 7, 2006

1h 19m

★ 6.4

Tragedy strikes a young boy and his over-protective mother.

Overview

Julien and his mum care for each other very much. But Julien has committed a deadly sin: he is growing into a teenager! Worse, he has found himself a girlfriend of his age. "Mummy" is not going to tolerate such an ignominy. Julien is HER baby and will remain HERS for ever, encouraged in her "crusade" by her bovine husband and barely thwarted by the more courageous interventions of Suzanne, Julien's sympathetic big sister.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Moby Dick Films

Why Not Productions

France 2 Cinéma

Alta Films

My Son Trailers

Cast

Mother / La mère

Nathalie Baye

Father / Le père

Olivier Gourmet

Julien / Son

Victor Sévaux

Suzanne / Sister / la sœur

Marie Kremer

Alice / Julien's Girlfriend / La copine de Julien

Valentine Stach

Grandmother / La grand-mère

Emmanuelle Riva

Principal / La proviseure

Michèle Moretti

Sam

Thomas Silberstein

La pâtissière

Nicole Gros

Copain Julien 1

Maxime Monsimier

Copain Julien 2

Julien Oracz

Policewoman / policière

Ludmila Ruoso

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