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You Will Be My Son
Released: 07/12/2012
Released in Key Cities
Luscious settings mark this French family drama, starring veteran Niels Arestrup as a passionate but bad-tempered wine-maker whose distaste for his son, Martin (Lorant Deutsche), leads him to seek out an alternative heir. Conflicts proliferate and wine flows in Gilles Legrand's feature, and the critics appear to be weighing in favourably.
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The Observer“Slips easily and satisfactorily from the realistic into the melodramatic...” The confidently menacing Niels Arestrup plays the overbearing widower Paul de Marseul, a rich wine grower and owner of a grand domaine, who consistently demeans and humiliates his quietly industrious and devoted son...
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The Telegraph“A full-bodied French drama...” As metaphors for life go, wine has a very high yield, and Gilles Legrand’s sensitive screenplay tramples out every last drop of juice...
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Time Out“One for old-world wine buffs...” The newly picked Merlot is fermenting, and filial resentment is bubbling up, in a film which benefits from absolute authenticity of setting but proves a bit foursquare as drama. To writer-director Legrand’s credit, the resolution is deftly done...
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80 %
Radio Times“Played to perfection by a superior ensemble...” The script by director Gilles Legrand and novelist Delphine de Vigan has its ponderous patches and events increasingly teeter on the edge of melodrama. But the performances are entirely rooted in the sunlit Saint-Emilion landscape...
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Little White Lies“a dark and sumptuous slice of immersive family drama...” Rarely does a drama with such subtle plotting and pacing create such edge-of-the-seat tension. We eagerly await Martin’s ‘swan moment’, willing him the courage to stand up to Paul...
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Guardian“It's all a bit absurd...” This film may be preposterous and soap-operatic, but director Gilles Legrand hammers it home with some storytelling gusto, and there's a richly enjoyable central performance from Niels Arestrup...
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The Independent“The best wine-themed movie since Alexander Payne’s Sideways...” An Oedipal tale set in a world of oenophiles, Legrand’s rousing, full-bodied drama may be late in reaching the UK (it’s almost two years old now) but is still well worth savouring...
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Total Film “A fine cast...” Writer/director Gilles Legrand’s study of fraught father/son relationships builds the tension, helped by a fine cast – especially Lorànt Deutsch as the put-upon son, his face registering every slight...
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Empire“A compelling dark drama...” A classic tale of father-son rivalry tackles complex issues like tradition, legacy, heredity and honour within a darkly brooding drama that’s superbly played by a fine cast...
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