"Son of": a political satire where anything goes

THE OPINION OF THE “WORLD” – TO SEE

There are evenings we'd rather forget forever. For Nino Granell (Jean Chevalier), the one that truly launches the story of Son of , Carlos Abascal Peiro's first feature film, is one of them. In the space of a few minutes, this young parliamentary attaché sees the ambitions of the politician to whom he is devoted reduced to nothing following vengeful revelations from her husband. And this, while she was until then the favorite to obtain the post of Prime Minister. His girlfriend, the journalist Malka Lopez (Sawsan Abès), informs him that she is about to be appointed to a high-profile position as a presenter, threatening to cast a shadow over his own career plan. And, in an unfortunate misunderstanding, he realizes that he has eaten the placenta that the host of the evening carefully kept in his fridge, a revelation made in full view of all the guests.

But in the political-media microcosm at the center of Fils de , things move very quickly. One move is barely lost before the next one has to be planned. This game of behind-the-scenes manipulation is the great specialty of Anne Chalamont (Karin Viard), the intractable party leader at the heart of all the shenanigans, determined to block the path to Matignon for Isabelle Barrère (Nathalie Richard), a very independent leader who has just left the International Monetary Fund.

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