Florian Zeller has confirmed that “The Son” is in the can and ready to go. We even got a first image (above) and an official synopsis from Sony Pictures Classics:
A drama that follows a family as it falls apart and tries to come back together again. A couple of years after his parents’ divorce, 17-year-old Nicholas no longer feels he can stay with his mother, Kate. He moves in with his father Peter and Peter’s new partner Beth. Juggling work, his and Beth’s new baby, and the offer of his dream job in Washington, Peter tries to care for Nicholas as he wishes his own father had cared for him. But by reaching for the past to correct its mistakes, he loses sight of how to hold onto the Nicholas in the present.
Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern will star in Florian Zeller’s sophomore effort, after his triumphant Oscar-winning “The Father.”
Adapted by Zeller from his own acclaimed stage play, “The Son” has an October release date which probably means no New York Film Festival. It will most likely be submitted to Venice, Telluride and Toronto.
Zeller also has a stage play called “The Mother.” Who wants to bet that’ll be his next feature film? A sort of Bergman-esque spiritual trilogy is taking shape here.