A Kid

2016 [FRENCH]

Drama

12
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 92% · 6 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 92%
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 2121 2.1K

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Plot summary

Matthieu is a 33 year old Parisian who finds out that the father he never knew has died and decides to go to his funeral in order to meet his two siblings in Quebec. But once in Montréal, he realizes that nobody is aware of his existence or even interested in it. He is alone, in hostile territory…

Director

Philippe Lioret Photo
Philippe Lioret

Top cast

Romane Portail Photo
Romane Portail as Carine
Raymond Hebert Photo
Raymond Hebert as Doublure Pierre
André Lanthier Photo
André Lanthier as Jean
Nicolas Paquin Photo
Nicolas Paquin as Agent d'immigration
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
901.64 MB
1280*534
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
23.976 fps
1 hr 38 min
Seeds ...
1.81 GB
1920*800
French 5.1
NR
Subtitles fr  
23.976 fps
1 hr 38 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by dbdumonteil 8 / 10

On the lake, the deep forbidden lake .

Reviewed by passetti 7 / 10

what's with the phones?

There is some great acting in this movie after a novel by Jean-Paul Dubois.Especially by Gabriel Arcand, who plays Jean's old friend. But it took me a while to get over the initial irritation about all the phone scenes in the first 15 minutes. Everybody is constantly making phone calls. The movie even starts with a conversation over the phone. That's pretty poor cinema, and a false start for a movie that eventually unfolds it's true story. Then things heat up and get interesting. Don't go to this movie for the camera work though. You will be disappointed. It's shot in a nondescript documentary style, almost like a TV-series. Go to Le Fils de Jean for the acting and the secret that this movie has. I also like how all the characters were put down in the story. It all feels very 'naturel', like people you could know and hang out with yourself.
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