The Son by Dardenne brothers is an interesting, small movie. It is shot in a hard-core minimalist dogma 95 style (although not officially part of the movement). It feels as if someone just strapped on the camera on one the characters shoulders, not much is said, done or happens at all. The movie centres on a father whose son has been murdered and has to teach woodwork to one of the kids that were responsible for his sons death. The kid himself is unaware of who his new teacher is. The movies strength and seemingly sole point of focus lies in the relationship between the characters, unspoken heaviness and burden that lies between them and the fathers quest for forgiveness. It is an interesting movie and does a great job of portraying the fathers feelings without them ever being openly expressed. It did feel as if the movie ended too early, it seemed as if the real ending was about to come when the credits started rolling.
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