Mother and Son (2022) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

2022 · 116 mins · French

Echo score 76

Directed by

Léonor Serraille

Starring

Stéphane Bak, Laetitia Dosch, Majd Mastoura, Annabelle Lengronne, Jean-Christophe Folly, Ahmed Sylla

Budget

$3.9M

In the late 1980s Rose leaves the Ivory Coast for the Paris suburbs with her sons Ernest and Jean. Two decades, the film follows their arrival, the challenges of adapting to a new country, the hopes and hardships shaping their relationships, and the building then unraveling of family bonds, presenting an intimate portrait of immigrant life in France.