A Son
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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Cast
39 people
Sami Bouajila
Fares Ben Youssef
Known for
Ganglands
The Crew
Najla Ben Abdallah
Meriem Ben Youssef
Known for
Hammamet
Mehdi Barsaoui
Habib Attia
Antoine Héberlé
Youssef Khemiri
Anas Azrak
Camille Toubkis
Noomene Hamda
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Sarah Chazelle
Amine Bouhafa
Slah Msadak
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Sahbek Rajel
Sahbek Rajel 2
Mehdi M. Barsaoui Director · Amine Bouhafa Composer Antoine Héberlé Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $468K · United States release December 10, 2021 · Produced in France, Lebanon, Qatar, Tunisia, Libya
Box office
Worldwide gross
$467,573
Production
Cinétéléfilms
Production
Dolce Vita Films
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Sunnyland Film
Production
jour2fête
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Schortcut Films
Production
13 Prods
Production
France · Lebanon · Qatar · Tunisia · Libya
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Languages
Original title
بيك نعيش
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic · French
Release dates
Italy · August 31, 2019
Premiere · Venice International Film Festival
Tunisia · January 15, 2020
Theatrical
United States · December 10, 2021
Theatrical
United States
January 5, 2020 · Premiere · Palm Springs International Film Festival
Belgium
January 15, 2020 · Limited theatrical
Canada
July 3, 2020 · Limited theatrical
France
March 11, 2020 · Theatrical
June 22, 2020 · Theatrical · re-release
September 3, 2020 · Digital · VOD
September 8, 2020 · Physical · DVD
December 2, 2020 · TV · Ciné+ Club
January 5, 2021 · Physical · Blu-Ray
Greece
July 15, 2021 · Theatrical
Italy
October 21, 2021 · Theatrical
Netherlands
September 10, 2020 · Theatrical
Poland
October 12, 2019 · Digital
United Kingdom
October 5, 2019 · Premiere · London Film Festival
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