Synopsis
Joseph, an 18-year-old musician preparing to join the Israeli army for his mandatory military service, lives at home in a comfortable suburb of Tel Aviv with his parents, France-born physician Orith and Israel-born army commander Alon Silbers. A blood test for Joseph’s military service reveals
that he is not their biological son; during the Gulf War Joseph was evacuated from a clinic along with another baby; both were given back to the wrong families. While the
Palestinian Joseph went to Tel Aviv with the Silbers, their actual Jewish son, Yacine was brought to the West Bank by the Arab couple, Said and Leila. The revelation turns the lives of the two families upside-down, forcing them to reassess their respective identities, values and beliefs.
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Movie Details
| Production Budget: | $2,700,000 |
| Netherlands Releases: |
July 12th, 2012 (Wide), released as Le fils de l'autre |
| Video Release: |
March 19th, 2013 by eOne |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 for a scene of violence, brief language and drug use.
(Rating bulletin 2234, 8/22/2012) |
| Running Time: |
105 minutes |
| Keywords: |
Switched At Birth, Jewish, Unexpected Families, Palestinian, Mistaken Identity, Israeli Palestinian Conflict |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Contemporary Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: |
Haut et Court, Rapsodie Productions, France 3 Cinema, Madeleine, Solo Films, France Television, Useful Productions, Sofica Hoche Artois Images |
| Production Countries: |
France |
| Languages: |
Arabic, English, French, Hebrew |
December 18th, 2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey easily led the way on the per theater chart. In fact, it was the only film to top $10,000. The film pulled in an average of $20,919, which is great for this time of year. The best new release was Let Fury Have the Hour, which only managed $3,386 in its lone theater.
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October 30th, 2012
The Sessions was the only film to top $10,000 on the per theater chart with an average of $10,868 in 20 theaters. Earning some measure of mainstream success is very likely at this point.
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October 26th, 2012
There are not a lot of new limited releases this week and so far only one of them, The Loneliest Planet, is earning overwhelmingly positive reviews. There are other films that come really close to the 80% positive level. I was looking forward to Funeral Kings, but earlier in the week, that film was bumped to a November 16th release.
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Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
|---|
| 2012/07/13 |
11 |
$8,435 |
|
7 |
$1,205 |
$8,435 |
1 |
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