Florian Zeller | Director
Florian Zeller | Director
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2022 AT 5 AM
THE SON
Film Sneak Peeks are made possible by Sony Pictures Classics and Basie Center Cinemas.
Reception: 6:00 PM
Film Screening: 6:40 PM
Panel Discussion: 8:45 PM
Directed by: Florian Zeller
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath, and Anthony Hopkins
Enjoy lite bites provided by Sickles Market, Notorious Pink wine, and Last Wave Brewing Co. beer at the pre-screening reception. Following the film will be a discussion with mental health professionals Dr. Gagandeep "Raj" Singh, Robyn Spodek-Schindler, and Susan Tellone.
A drama that follows a family as it struggles to reunite after falling apart. THE SON centers on Peter (Jackman), whose hectic life with his infant and new partner Beth (Kirby) is upended when his ex-wife Kate (Dern) appears with their son Nicholas (McGrath), who is now a teenager. The young man has been missing from school for months and is troubled, distant, and angry. Peter strives to take care of Nicholas as he would have liked his own father to have taken care of him while juggling work, his and Beth's new son, and the offer of his dream position in Washington. However, by reaching for the past to correct its mistakes, he loses sight of how to hold onto the Nicholas in the present.
Original source can be found here.