Un fils / A Son

While Fares and Meriem are enjoying a vacation weekend with their 11-year-old son Aziz in the south of Tunisia, they unexpectedly get caught up in a shootout and the wounded Aziz ends up in intensive care. After several surgeries, a liver transplant is his last chance. Both parents get tested, but a long-kept secret comes to light in the process. Director Mehdi Barsaouis uses careful visual compositions to make the inner lives of his two main characters tangible. UN FILS is a gripping drama that skilfully interweaves the private conflicts of its characters with the political conflicts of Tunisia.