Review of Un fils

Un fils (2003)
4/10
A strong story but too short a film
20 September 2005
Warning: Spoilers
It is true that the sensitive and honest point of view of the director is obvious here. But this is not enough to make a good entertainment, unfortunately. The main problem with this quite short movie (58 min.) lies in the fact that the audience never really get the time to be involved with the tragic fate of the main protagonist. The tone here is rather cold and the characters never cause much compassion. Maybe a more developed plot would have helped. The script also hesitates a bit too much between describing the dark world of male prostitution (which is actually very well depicted, by the way), and the personal investigation of the father who discovers the untold "occupation" after the death of his prostitute son (which could have been more suspenseful treated with a series of flashbacks). Sadly enough, the film fails in both perspectives since the two parts of this story end just when the audience begins to get interested. I didn't entirely dislike this short but rather was disappointed considering the intensity of the subject.
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