The Lost Son
Synopsis
Xavier Lombard is a former drug squad officer, exiled to London after a bomb killed his wife and daughter. Alone and disillusioned, he ekes out a living as a private detective. One day Carlos, a friend and former colleague, asks him to find his brother, Leon Spitz, a photographer who worked in the red-light district of Soho. Lombard accepts the job, despite hostility from Carlos's wife, Deborah, who seems worried that some skeleton may come out of the closet. Indeed, the detective finds a pedophile videocassette in Leon's apartment.
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Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : IMA Productions
- Co-productions : STUDIOCANAL, France 3 Cinéma, France 2 Cinéma
- Foreign production company : Scala Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : STUDIOCANAL
- French distribution : BAC Films
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producers : Paul Cowan, Georges Benayoun
- Screenwriters : Eric Leclere, Margaret Leclere
- Director of Photography : Barry Ackroyd
- Music Composer : Goran Bregovic
- Editors : Luc Barnier, Pamela Power
- Sound Recordist : Martin Trevis
- Costume designer : Rosie Hackett
- Production Manager : Chris Wheeldon
- Press Attaché (film) : Isabelle Sauvanon
- Continuity supervisor : Penny Eyles
- Production Designer : John Beard
- French Distributor : Jean Labadie
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- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Crime/thriller
- Production language : English
- Coproducer countries : Great Britain, France
- Original French-language productions : No
- Nationality : Minority French (Great Britain, France)
- Production year : 1999
- French release : 21/04/1999
- Runtime : 1 h 42 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 93.257
- Visa issue date : 22/01/1999
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
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"I'd already received several offers from English and American producers, but 'The Lost Son' was the first project that really interested me. Right while reading the script, I realized it could be more than just a great action film. The story has powerful emotional resonance, making you think. The character I play follows the grand tradition of private detectives: a loner, the secretive type, scarred by his past and wrestling with serious financial difficulties. By accepting what seems to be a routine job, he's obliged to make a veritable descent into hell."
(Daniel Auteuil, Actor)
