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Oct 15, 1980 · A Bad Son: Directed by Claude Sautet. With Patrick Dewaere, Brigitte Fossey, Jacques Dufilho, Yves Robert. Bruno is released from prison. He looks for a job and tries to start a new life.
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- Claude Sautet
- 1980-10-15
A Bad Son ( French: Un mauvais fils) is a 1980 French drama film directed by Claude Sautet. [1] It tells the story of a young man who is sent back to France after a sentence for narcotics in the USA and tries to restart his life, but has difficulty relating to his widowed father and suffers the pain of falling in love with a girl who is an addict.
Released November 10th, 1980, 'A Bad Son' stars Patrick Dewaere, Yves Robert, Brigitte Fossey, Claire Maurier The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 50 min, and received a user score of 76 (out of ...
Permalink. Claude Sautet delivers another simple story, wonderfully directed, true to life. People come and go in life, make coffee, sweat during sex. It's never boring, and -again, as in life, unpredictable sometimes. And to my sweet surprise: the ending isn't tragic. It's a shame so few have seen it. 10/10.
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Un mauvais fils/A BAD SON (1980) France, colour, 108m. Directed by Claude Sautet. A TENDER FILM. Even if it is set among French working class and contains drug abuse and prostitution. Patrick Dewaere's character returns to France from USA, where he has been a drug abuser and pusher and served a five year prison sentence.
After serving five years in an American prison for drug dealing, Bruno (Patrick Dewaere) returns to France clean and sober to begin a new life. His angry father, Rene (Brigitte Fossey), blames his son's shame for his wife's death, and Bruno soon strikes out on his own. Switching from construction to bookstore work, Bruno begins a relationship with Catherine (Jacques Dufilho), another fragile ...
