You Will Be My Son

R

Released Aug 16, 2013

1h 41m

Drama

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89%

37 Reviews

Tomatometer

69%

2,500+ Ratings

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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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Critics Consensus

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

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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

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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

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

As elegantly made as the fine wines that fuel the narrative.

Aug 22, 2019

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Audience Member

The awkward, surprising twist & turn makes it looks so inconsistent.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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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

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Audience Member

As a wine enthusiast, i enjoyed this film a lot!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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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

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Gilles Legrand

Director

Niels Arestrup

Paul

Lorànt Deutsch

Martin

Patrick Chesnais

Francois

Anne Marivin

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Nicolas Bridet

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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
Screenwriter: Gilles Legrand, Gilles Legrand
Distributor: Cohen Media Group
Rating: R (Brief Sexuality|Language)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: French (Canada)
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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