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‘The Quiet Son’ Review: Vincent Lindon Shines In This Timely Story Of A Family Torn Apart By Tragedy – Venice Film Festival

“It’s when they say it isn’t political that you should worry.” But Fus flounces out, and Pierre looks at his son’s online profile, seeing his affiliation with websites such as “France for the French” where he “likes” comments such as “This is our country” and others with a more racist flavor (“Send them back to Africa”). Something has to give, however, and one day, though he has explicitly forbidden Fus from seeing his right-wing friends while living under his roof, Pierre returns home to find the boy lying — black and blue and bloodied — on the sofa, having been beaten up by a gang of antifa activists. And when Fus finds himself in court, on very serious charges, Lindon powerfully leans into the performance that’s required of him, playing a father coming to terms with his son’s thoughts, consequences and actions, a stain on all their lives that will never be erased.

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