The Other Son is the moving and provocative tale of two young men -- one Israeli, the other Palestinian -- who discover they were accidentally switched at birth, and the complex repercussions facing them and their respective families. Joseph (Jules Sitruk), an 18-year-old musician preparing to join the Israeli army for his mandatory military service, lives at home in a comfortable suburb of Tel Aviv with his parents, France-born physician Orith (Emmanuelle Devos) and Israel-born army commander Alon Silbers (Pascal Elbé). A blood test for Joseph's military service reveals that he is not their biological son. During the Gulf War Joseph was evacuated from a clinic along with another baby, and the pair were given back to the wrong families. While Palestinian Joseph went to Tel Aviv with the Silbers, their actual Jewish son, Yacine (Medhi Dehbi), was brought to the West Bank by an Arab couple, Said (Khalifa Natour) and Leila (Areen Omari). The revelation turns the lives of the two families upside-down, forcing them to reassess their respective identities, values, and beliefs.
Two young men, one Israeli and one Palestinian, discover they were accidentally switched at birth in The Other Son.
Production companies:
Rapsodie Production, Cite Films, France 3 Cinema, Madeleine Films, Solo Films
Cast
Emmanuelle Devos, Pascal Elbe, Jules Sitruk, Mehdi Dehbi, Areen Omari, Khalifa Natour, Mahmood Shalabi
Director: Lorraine Levy
Screenwriters: Lorraine Levy, Nathalie Saugeon, Noam Fitoussi
Producers: Virginie Lacombe, Raphael Berdugo
Executive producer: Itai Tamir
Director of photography: Emmanuel Soyer
Production designers: Miguel Markin, Eytan Levy
Music: Dhafer Youssef
Costume designers: Rona Doron, Valerie Adda
Editor: Sylvie Gadmer
International sales: Cite Films
No rating, 105 minutes
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