THE SON : World Premiere

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Sep 7, 2022 6:47am PT
Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby on Florian Zeller’s Venice Title ‘The Son’: ‘Mental Health is a Crisis Everywhere in The World’

By Naman Ramachandran

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Florian Zeller and the cast of his “The Son,” including Hugh Jackman, Vanessa Kirby, Laura Dern and Zen McGrath, addressed the issue of mental health, the film’s central subject, ahead of its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.

The film, Zeller’s follow up to his Oscar-winning “The Father,” is an adaptation of his own stage play. It focuses on Peter (Jackman), whose busy but happy life with his infant and new partner Beth (Kirby) is disrupted when his ex-wife Kate (Dern) informs him about their teenage son Nicholas (McGrath), who has been missing from school for months and is disturbed.

Addressing a press conference at Venice, Zeller said that he wanted to “explore these very emotional territories in a very honest and humble way” and that his work with the cast “was such a joyful, truthful and intense journey that we shared.”

Jackman said: “The movie really does see how isolated – particularly on mental health issues – people get. there is a shame, there is a guilt, there is an intense desire to fix things. And then somehow as a father or as a mother or as a friend, it’s my job to fix it.”

Jackman added meeting with vulnerable people leads to the possibility of really being able to understand those with mental health issues and walk in their shoes. “These mental health issues are a crisis everywhere in the world, and no one is immune to it,” Jackman said, adding that since working on “The Son,” he has changed his approach and shares his vulnerabilities with his 17 and 22-year-old children and sees their relief when he does it.

Kirby said “each individual character has their own set of internal turmoil, an inability to express how they felt,” and she feels “inspired by movies that ask those questions.”

Dern added “As we walked through the pandemic, I’ve been reading that the greatest crisis that has come through this time is the epidemic of mental health, particularly in adolescents and young adults right now, throughout the world – the numbers are so shocking.”

“We all want you to feel community in this larger conversation you must be having about mental health. And still we will always feel alone as well. And that’s this duality of living and growing as people,” Dern added.

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Sept 7, 2022 8:31:09 GMT -5 jo said:

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www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2022/streaming

Red carpet at 7:15 pm Italian time.

Red carpet moved up to 6:45 pm

79TH VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL


Streaming schedule of Wednesday 7 September 2022:

6:45 pm Red carpet of the film The Son (Venezia 79)

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Did you all watch the Premiere's Red Carpet streaming?

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Sep 7, 2022 12:56pm PT

Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern Give Venice an Emotional Gut Punch as ‘The Son’ Earns 10-Minute Standing Ovation

By Marta Balaga, Zack Sharf

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Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern devastated the Venice Film Festival with the world premiere of Florian Zeller’s “The Son,” which earned a 10-minute standing ovation. Jackman appeared visibly moved during the film’s reception, as did the audience. Jackman hugged his young co-star Zen McGrath amid the ovation. The film, which centers on a gut-wrenching family tragedy, led to audible gasps from viewers during one dramatic scene.

“The Son” centers on “a family as it falls apart and tries to come back together again,” according to Sony Pictures Classics’ official synopsis. Jackman stars as a father whose 17-year-old son comes to live with him after deciding he can no longer stay with his mother (Dern) years after his parents’ divorce. Jackson’s character, Peter, has a new partner, Kirby’s Beth. As Peter overextends himself to give his son a better life.

Silent Ovation - clap! clap! clap!

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