Paul de Marseul.movie

You will be my son is a movie full of wisdom and emotional steam

By Jenny Alvarez

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Paul de Marseul (Niels Aretrup) is the passionate, demanding proprietor of his prestigious family wine estate. But he has no faith in his son, Martin (Loran Deutsch), who works at the vineyard. Paul dreams of a harder-working, successful son-a dream that one day seemingly materializes when he meets Philip (Nicolas Bridet), the son of his dying estate manager (Patrick Chesnais). Can Paul turn against his own blood and turn Philip into the rightful heir of his family estate?

Shot on location in the French region of Saint Emilion at the Chateau Clos Fourtet, You Will Be My Son deeply explores the meaning of work, love, and family. Working in the wine industry certainly brought to light aspects of the industry so the plot is really well structured this encompasses themes of gender roles, manipulation, deceit and family ties. The odious central character realizes his own shortcomings as a wine maker and distrusts his son for his education and expertise but the film is of a surprisingly rich and potent vintage itself no matter what some bad feelings are involved at the end one of the characters is free of his own demons. Highly recommended with a special coffee!