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You Will Be My Son

R Released Aug 16, 2013 1h 41m Drama List
89% Tomatometer 37 Reviews 69% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
A French winemaker's (Niels Arestrup) contentious relationship with his son (Lorànt Deutsch) comes to a head when he asks the young man's childhood friend to become a partner in the winery.
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Niels Arestrup gives a powerful performance in this tale of familial tension that plays out like a taut, arresting thriller.

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G. Allen Johnson San Francisco Chronicle How much you enjoy "You Will Be My Son" depends on how much you can take an unbearable, arrogant jerk as your lead character. Rated: 3/4 Sep 19, 2013 Full Review Peter Keough Boston Globe Gilles Legrand's draggy melodrama about miserable characters who persist in their folly and never wise up is strictly vin ordinaire. Rated: 2/4 Sep 19, 2013 Full Review Christy Lemire RogerEbert.com French director and co-writer Gilles Legrand shows great mastery of tone and pacing in his third feature, which begins life as a domestic drama set at a family-owned vineyard and slowly morphs into a tense thriller. Rated: 3.5/4 Sep 11, 2013 Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com As elegantly made as the fine wines that fuel the narrative. Aug 22, 2019 Full Review Joseph Walsh CineVue You Will Be My Son is the sort of dark and twisted familial drama that only the French seem capable of fully realising. Rated: 4/5 Aug 23, 2018 Full Review Chris Hewitt St. Paul Pioneer Press It's both an entertaining drama and a snappy little postcard of France. Rated: 3/4 Sep 26, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

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joydeb m beautiful location matched with a unique plot of son vs father this film goes a long way to impress the audience. Its theme may be old but its just a different family drama than anything you can expect. Hard to believe that a drama becomes a comedy thriller through wine. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member After watching this, I'm a bit queasy about drinking French wine. The 'additives' are not very palatable. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member The awkward, surprising twist & turn makes it looks so inconsistent. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Heavy handed and fairly one-dimensional characters in this but Arestrup as usual gives a compelling performance. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member As a wine enthusiast, i enjoyed this film a lot! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Beautifully shot story of a acceptance and a family divided by a common business and passion for wine making. It's fairly slow-moving but there's a lot of conviction in the performances. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A French winemaker's (Niels Arestrup) contentious relationship with his son (Lorànt Deutsch) comes to a head when he asks the young man's childhood friend to become a partner in the winery.
Director
Gilles Legrand
Producer
Frédéric Brillion
Screenwriter
Gilles Legrand, Delphine de Vigan
Distributor
Cohen Media Group
Production Co
Epithète Films
Rating
R (Brief Sexuality|Language)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 16, 2013, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 1, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$221.2K
Runtime
1h 41m
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