The Son

mental health theme, suicide, self-harm

Director(s) Florian Zeller

Production year2022

Release date11/11/2022

Genre(s)Drama

Approx. running minutes123m

CastVanessa Kirby, Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Shin-Fei Chen, Zen McGrath, William Hope, Nancy Baldwin, Akie Kotabe, Isaura Barbé-Brown, Erick Hayden, Florian Zeller, Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampton, Iain Canning, Joanna Laurie, Emile Sherman, Christophe Spadone, Hans Zimmer, Ben Smithard, Yorgos Lamprinos, Nicola Chisholm, Simon Bowles

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 prev ...

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.

mental health theme, suicide, self-harm

Classified Date:

01/11/2022

Version:

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

Classified Date:

19/01/2023

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

STX International

Classified date01/11/2022

LanguageEnglish

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

Director(s) Florian Zeller

Production year2022

Release date11/11/2022

Genre(s)Drama

Approx. running minutes123m

mental health theme, suicide, self-harm

Classified Date:

01/11/2022

Version:

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

Classified Date:

19/01/2023

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

STX International

Classified date01/11/2022

LanguageEnglish