Mother and Son
In the late 1980s, Rose moves from the Ivory Coast to the Paris suburbs with her two young sons, Ernest and Jean. Spanning 20 years from their arrival in France to the present day, the film is the moving chronicle of the construction and deconstruction of a family.
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Cast
17 people
Annabelle Lengronne
Rose
Known for
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
Porn in the Hood
Stéphane Bak
Jean (age 19)
Known for
Alone
November
Kenzo Sambin
Ernest (age 13)
No other roles listed
Ahmed Sylla
Ernest (adult)
Known for
The Climb
A Very Bad Friend
Sidy Fofana
Jean (age 10)
No other roles listed
Milan Doucansi
Ernest (age 5)
No other roles listed
Jean-Christophe Folly
Jules César
Known for
Triangle of Sadness
To Each, Her Own
Majd Mastoura
Malick
Known for
Arab Blues
Four Daughters
Pascal Rénéric
Marsac
Known for
Vanished
Alice and the Mayor
Thibaut Évrard
Thierry
Known for
No Man's Land
Paris Police 1900
Angelina Woreth
Camille
Known for
And Their Children After Them
Rascals
Manon Clavel
Sonia
Known for
The Truth
Guess Who's Calling!
Léonor Serraille Director · Hélène Louvart Cinematographer Clémence Carré Editor
Worldwide gross $170K · Budget $3.9M · United States release October 7, 2022
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Budget
$3,900,000
Worldwide gross
$170,419
Production
Blue Monday Productions
Production
France 3 Cinéma
Production
France
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Languages
Original title
Un petit frère
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · May 27, 2022
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · October 7, 2022
Premiere · Mill Valley Film Festival
France · February 1, 2023
Theatrical
United States
October 14, 2022 · Premiere · American French Film Festival
April 14, 2023 · Premiere · Wisconsin Film Festival
Australia
October 22, 2022 · Premiere · Vienna International Film Festival
Belgium
October 13, 2022 · Premiere · Film Festival Ghent
Brazil
November 20, 2024 · Digital
Canada
November 13, 2022 · Premiere · Cinemania Film Festival
China
January 15, 2023 · Premiere · Pingyao International Film Festival
June 13, 2023 · Premiere · Shanghai International Film Festival
Denmark
May 4, 2023 · Theatrical
France
December 10, 2022 · Premiere · Les Arcs European Film Festival
January 26, 2023 · Premiere · Festival Premiers Plans d'Angers
June 6, 2023 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
May 19, 2025 · TV · France 3
Greece
November 6, 2022 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Ireland
June 30, 2023 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 29, 2023 · Premiere · International Film Festival Rotterdam
June 1, 2023 · Theatrical
Norway
March 6, 2023 · Premiere · Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival
May 5, 2023 · Theatrical
Serbia
May 25, 2023 · Theatrical
South Korea
May 21, 2023 · Premiere · Diaspora Film Festival
Spain
November 11, 2022 · Premiere · Seville European Film Festival
June 9, 2023 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 11, 2022 · Premiere · Stockholm International Film Festival
November 25, 2022 · Theatrical
Taiwan
May 12, 2023 · Theatrical
Thailand
December 6, 2022 · Premiere · World Film Festival Bangkok
United Kingdom
June 30, 2023 · Theatrical
October 9, 2023 · Physical · Blu-ray
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