Albertin is not a good son, so his father, who has been exhausted by his job since his wife left, decides to move to the country to try to get his son back on track. But nothing seems to be working out in this huis-clos in which the teenage son refuses to be a good student and the father refuses to play his parental role. The unexpected arrival of Hans, an old friend, will wreak complete havoc on their lives.?

Beneath his veneer of good manners and his excellent cooking, Hans has just one desire: to take the teenager’s education in hand, and make him into a good son.

He’s ready to do whatever it takes to achieve his goal, and the stratagems his imagination dreams up know no bounds...

Psycho-thriller, tragi-comedy, modern-day retelling of the Oedipus story, droll and acidic criticism of our obsession with our children’s school results… all that and more is in Le bon fils…

Told from the teen’s point of view, this disturbing and highly cynical tale leads us down the sinuous path of parent-teen relationships, where school is seen as a lifebuoy, although it actually chews many children up.