The Return of the Son
2012, Arabic. Directed by Ahmed Boulane.
Fifteen years after being abducted by his European mother and taken to Europe, Mehdi, now in his twenties, decides to return to Morocco without informing her. The decision to go back is driven not only by the desire to visit his Moroccan father at home and discover the country where he spent the first five years of his life, but also to fill the voids in his own identity: two parents, two countries, two very different cultures.
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- 1h 24m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Arabic
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- Released
- 1 January 2012
- Original title
- Le Retour du fils
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The Return of the Son runs 84 minutes (1h 24m).
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The Return of the Son isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 2012. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Return of the Son?
The Return of the Son (2012) was directed by Ahmed Boulane and stars Ahmed Oulad, Amal Ayouch, Myriam Bella.