• Director(s)

    Florian Zeller

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Release date

    11/11/2022

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    123m

  • Cast

    Vanessa Kirby, Hugh Jackman, Anthony Hopkins

Film

The Son

mental health theme, suicide, self-harm

THE SON is a drama in which a successful lawyer, with a new wife and infant child, agrees to his teenage son from a previous marriage living with him after his mother becomes concerned about his wayward behaviour.…

THE SON is a drama in which a successful lawyer, with a new wife and infant child, agrees to his teenage son from a previous marriage living with him after his mother becomes concerned about his wayward behaviour.

suicide and self-harm
There are references to a young person's self-harming, which includes brief sight of scarring on his arm.
suicide and self-harm
There are references to a young person's initial suicide attempt - and subsequent suicide - both of which take place off-screen.
theme
There are distressing scenes centred on a young person's fragile mental health, which adults struggle to understand and cope with.
additional issues
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'shit', 'balls', 'asshole', 'crap', 'moron', 'God' and 'hell'. A man pushes his son to the ground. There are infrequent mild sex references and drug references.

  • Director(s)

    Florian Zeller

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Release date

    11/11/2022

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    123m

  • Cast

    Vanessa Kirby, Hugh Jackman, Anthony Hopkins

mental health theme, suicide, self-harm
Classified Date:
01/11/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
STX International
suicide and self-harm
There are references to a young person's self-harming, which includes brief sight of scarring on his arm.
suicide and self-harm
There are references to a young person's initial suicide attempt - and subsequent suicide - both of which take place off-screen.
theme
There are distressing scenes centred on a young person's fragile mental health, which adults struggle to understand and cope with.
additional issues
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'shit', 'balls', 'asshole', 'crap', 'moron', 'God' and 'hell'. A man pushes his son to the ground. There are infrequent mild sex references and drug references.
Classified Date:
19/01/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
STX International

  • Classified date

    01/11/2022

  • Language

    English