The Son of the Shark Movie Review 1993

Simon (Da Silva) and Martin Vanderhoes (Vandendaele) have been abandoned by their mother and prefer to live as homeless delinquents rather than with their drunken father. The boys commit petty crimes and vandalism to survive (always escaping from foster homes and institutions) while Martin dreams of running away to his true home in the ocean--proclaiming himself to be "the son of a female shark." Depressing and casually cruel; based on a true story. French with subtitles.

Distribution

Wellspring Media, A Division of Genius Products, Inc., 2230 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA 90904, Phone: (310)453-1222, Fax: (310)453-0074, URL: http://www.wellspring.com

Available on VHS
Running time 88 minutes.
Originally from French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Brothers & Sisters, True Stories

Screenplay

Agnes Merlet

Cast

Ludovic Vandendaele, Erick Da Silva, Sandrine Blancke, Maxime LeRoux

Cinematography

Gerard Simon

Director

Agnes Merlet

Music

Bruno Coulais

Producer

Francois Fries, Seventh Art Productions