Synopsis
Tunisia, summer 2011. The holiday to the South of the country ends in disaster for Fares, Meriem and their 10-year-old son Aziz, when he is accidentally shot in an ambush. His injury will change their lives: Aziz needs a liver transplant, which leads to discovery of a long-buried secret. Will Aziz and the relationship survive?
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The 2019–2021 Other Asia Window
A Son holds position #20 of 74 Other Asia films in the 2019–2021 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
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★ 8.9 · 2020
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★ 8.3 · 2019
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★ 8.3 · 2019
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★ 8.2 · 2020
#5Multifaceted
★ 8.2 · 2020
#62018 GFRIEND FIRST CONCERT 'Season of GFRIEND' ENCORE
★ 8.1 · 2019
#7The Book of Sun
★ 7.8 · 2020
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★ 7.6 · 2020
The 2020s Other Asia Landscape
2020 was the decade’s peak output year for Other Asia — 28 titles released, including A Son. Bars below show how the 2020s stacked up year by year (79 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 27 other Other Asia films in 2020.
The 472nd Other Asia title from Other Asia we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1949).
Our Other Asia catalog contains 547 titles in total (522 films).
Audience Engagement
36 audience reviews — more than 81% of Other Asia films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 80th percentile among Other Asia films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #156 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (71st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.5 points above the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.
Among Other Asia Drama productions specifically: #117 of 356 (top 33%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Other Asia |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | France, Lebanon, Qatar, Tunisia |
| Original Language | Arabic |
| Production Companies | Cinétéléfilms, Dolce Vita Films, 13 Productions, Sunnyland Film, jour2fête |
| Runtime | 1h 36m |
| Release Date | January 15, 2020 |
| IMDb | tt10749760 |