Marie's Sons


1h 40m 2002

Brief Synopsis

Marie is a bereaved woman whose husband and teenage son have recently been killed in a car crash. Unable to get over her loss, Marie--a partner in a dress shop in Montreal--takes an ad in the paper: "Mother who has lost a son seeks a son who has lost a mother." Four young males respond to her plea f

Film Details

Also Known As
Les fils de Marie, Mary's Sons
Genre
Drama
Release Date
2002
Production Company
Centre National Du Cinema; Cnc; Flach Film; SociTtT Radio Canada; Sodec; StudioCanal; TTlTfilm Canada
Distribution Company
Pyramide Films

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 40m

Synopsis

Marie is a bereaved woman whose husband and teenage son have recently been killed in a car crash. Unable to get over her loss, Marie--a partner in a dress shop in Montreal--takes an ad in the paper: "Mother who has lost a son seeks a son who has lost a mother." Four young males respond to her plea from the heart: Alex, a sexually ambivalent performance artist whose into S&M--orphaned at the age of 12, he craves his mother's love; Martin, a schoolboy about the age of her dead son, who seems to be the victim of domestic violence; Victor, a well-off, vastly over-weight, self-conscious, computer geek who never leaves the studio of what was once upon a time his parents' palatial home; and finally there's Paul, a much older man who has serious sexual hang ups... married to a wife he despises and father of two children he abuses. Marie's journey toward finding a surrogate son, through these four men, becomes both complicated and traumatic--especially when it comes to Paul and Alex. She will endure these hardships in hopes of making some sort of peace with that which fate has dealt her.

Film Details

Also Known As
Les fils de Marie, Mary's Sons
Genre
Drama
Release Date
2002
Production Company
Centre National Du Cinema; Cnc; Flach Film; SociTtT Radio Canada; Sodec; StudioCanal; TTlTfilm Canada
Distribution Company
Pyramide Films

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 40m

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Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 2002

Released in United States 2002

Released in United States May 2002 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (Critics' Week) May 15-26, 2002.)

Released in United States May 2002

Shown at Cannes Film Festival (Critics' Week) May 15-26, 2002.