Mother and Son
Nov 25 2022
•2h 56m
•Drama
In the late 1980s, Rose moves from the Ivory Coast to the Paris suburbs with her two young sons, Ernest and Jean. Spanning 20 years from their arrival in France to the present day, the film is the moving chronicle of the construction and deconstruction of a family.
Cast
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Annabelle Lengronne
Rose
Stéphane Bak
Jean (age 19)
Kenzo Sambin
Ernest (age 13)
Ahmed Sylla
Ernest (adult)
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