A SON

by Mehdi M. Barsaoui (Bik Eneich, Tunisie-France, 2019, 1h36, vostf)

starring Sami Bouajila, Najla Ben Abdallah, Youssef Khemiri, Noomen Hamda

Tunisia in the summer of 2011. Fares and Meriem form a close family unit with Aziz, their 10-year-old son. During a visit to the south of the country, Aziz is accidentally wounded during an ambush led by a terrorist group against the army. In hospital, they learn that their son needs an urgent liver transplant. And so starts a search for a compatible donor, which will have unexpected consequences for the couple.