The Other Son

[Coyote]

Last night I watched a DVD with my Mom, just chilling and enjoying relaxation. We both enjoy foreign films, particularly those that deal with culture clash. The one we watched was called "The Other Son" and dealt with two families who's babies were switched at birth and the mistake wasn't discovered until one enlisted in the IDF and found he had a blood type that was impossible given his parents.

The movie deals with identity, family, friendship, enemies and how they dealt with the complex emotions surrounding this. One son grew up Jewish in Tel Aviv and the other Palestinian in the West Bank.

I highly recommend it if you haven't seen it

The Other Son - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Lipush]

Last night I watched a DVD with my Mom, just chilling and enjoying relaxation. We both enjoy foreign films, particularly those that deal with culture clash. The one we watched was called "The Other Son" and dealt with two families who's babies were switched at birth and the mistake wasn't discovered until one enlisted in the IDF and found he had a blood type that was impossible given his parents.

The movie deals with identity, family, friendship, enemies and how they dealt with the complex emotions surrounding this. One son grew up Jewish in Tel Aviv and the other Palestinian in the West Bank.

I highly recommend it if you haven't seen it

The Other Son - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mhmmm, sounds interesting.

And creepy. Babies being switched at birth At some cases it happens out of innocent mistake, but that can also be catastrophic

 

[P F Tinmore]

Interesting that they could not tell before then.

I think that tells us something.

 

[ForeverYoung436]

Last night I watched a DVD with my Mom, just chilling and enjoying relaxation. We both enjoy foreign films, particularly those that deal with culture clash. The one we watched was called "The Other Son" and dealt with two families who's babies were switched at birth and the mistake wasn't discovered until one enlisted in the IDF and found he had a blood type that was impossible given his parents.

The movie deals with identity, family, friendship, enemies and how they dealt with the complex emotions surrounding this. One son grew up Jewish in Tel Aviv and the other Palestinian in the West Bank.

I highly recommend it if you haven't seen it

The Other Son - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Is it a true story?

 

[Sweet_Caroline]

Last night I watched a DVD with my Mom, just chilling and enjoying relaxation. We both enjoy foreign films, particularly those that deal with culture clash. The one we watched was called "The Other Son" and dealt with two families who's babies were switched at birth and the mistake wasn't discovered until one enlisted in the IDF and found he had a blood type that was impossible given his parents.

The movie deals with identity, family, friendship, enemies and how they dealt with the complex emotions surrounding this. One son grew up Jewish in Tel Aviv and the other Palestinian in the West Bank.

I highly recommend it if you haven't seen it

The Other Son - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Is it a true story?

It doesn't seem to be. It is a drama according to Wiki.

 

[MHunterB]

Interesting that they could not tell before then.

I think that tells us something.

Indeed it does: it tells us that the writer of the story wanted it written that way : ))

 

[Coyote]

Last night I watched a DVD with my Mom, just chilling and enjoying relaxation. We both enjoy foreign films, particularly those that deal with culture clash. The one we watched was called "The Other Son" and dealt with two families who's babies were switched at birth and the mistake wasn't discovered until one enlisted in the IDF and found he had a blood type that was impossible given his parents.

The movie deals with identity, family, friendship, enemies and how they dealt with the complex emotions surrounding this. One son grew up Jewish in Tel Aviv and the other Palestinian in the West Bank.

I highly recommend it if you haven't seen it

The Other Son - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mhmmm, sounds interesting.

And creepy. Babies being switched at birth At some cases it happens out of innocent mistake, but that can also be catastrophic

The reason for the switching was actually a rocket attack near the hospital where the two babies were, and in the evacuation they got switched...so....not nefarious

I recommend it Lipush - if you ever watch it, I would be curious as to your take on it too since it's in your own back yard. I thought it was sensitively handled and very thoughtful

 

[Coyote]

Interesting that they could not tell before then.

I think that tells us something.

Yup...in the end, we are all humanity

 

[Coyote]

Last night I watched a DVD with my Mom, just chilling and enjoying relaxation. We both enjoy foreign films, particularly those that deal with culture clash. The one we watched was called "The Other Son" and dealt with two families who's babies were switched at birth and the mistake wasn't discovered until one enlisted in the IDF and found he had a blood type that was impossible given his parents.

The movie deals with identity, family, friendship, enemies and how they dealt with the complex emotions surrounding this. One son grew up Jewish in Tel Aviv and the other Palestinian in the West Bank.

I highly recommend it if you haven't seen it

The Other Son - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Is it a true story?

Not as far as I know - it's fiction.

 

[Lipush]

Last night I watched a DVD with my Mom, just chilling and enjoying relaxation. We both enjoy foreign films, particularly those that deal with culture clash. The one we watched was called "The Other Son" and dealt with two families who's babies were switched at birth and the mistake wasn't discovered until one enlisted in the IDF and found he had a blood type that was impossible given his parents.

The movie deals with identity, family, friendship, enemies and how they dealt with the complex emotions surrounding this. One son grew up Jewish in Tel Aviv and the other Palestinian in the West Bank.

I highly recommend it if you haven't seen it

The Other Son - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mhmmm, sounds interesting.

And creepy. Babies being switched at birth At some cases it happens out of innocent mistake, but that can also be catastrophic

The reason for the switching was actually a rocket attack near the hospital where the two babies were, and in the evacuation they got switched...so....not nefarious

I recommend it Lipush - if you ever watch it, I would be curious as to your take on it too since it's in your own back yard. I thought it was sensitively handled and very thoughtful

Saw the trailer

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJoW577jhLU]The Other Son (Le fils de l'autre) (2012) - Official Trailer [HD] - YouTube[/ame]

Seems very interesting. Must say, I don't watch that many films concerning the Israeli Palestinian conflict (I believe one reality is more than enough) but if I come across I'll look into it.

 

[dreolin]

Last night I watched a DVD with my Mom, just chilling and enjoying relaxation. We both enjoy foreign films, particularly those that deal with culture clash. The one we watched was called "The Other Son" and dealt with two families who's babies were switched at birth and the mistake wasn't discovered until one enlisted in the IDF and found he had a blood type that was impossible given his parents.

The movie deals with identity, family, friendship, enemies and how they dealt with the complex emotions surrounding this. One son grew up Jewish in Tel Aviv and the other Palestinian in the West Bank.

I highly recommend it if you haven't seen it

The Other Son - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You migght like "Into the West".

 

[Coyote]

Last night I watched a DVD with my Mom, just chilling and enjoying relaxation. We both enjoy foreign films, particularly those that deal with culture clash. The one we watched was called "The Other Son" and dealt with two families who's babies were switched at birth and the mistake wasn't discovered until one enlisted in the IDF and found he had a blood type that was impossible given his parents.

The movie deals with identity, family, friendship, enemies and how they dealt with the complex emotions surrounding this. One son grew up Jewish in Tel Aviv and the other Palestinian in the West Bank.

I highly recommend it if you haven't seen it

The Other Son - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You migght like "Into the West".

Is that this series? Into the West (miniseries) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Or this film: Into the West (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I've seen the Irish film - in fact, it's one of my favorites

 

[Coyote]

Mhmmm, sounds interesting.

And creepy. Babies being switched at birth At some cases it happens out of innocent mistake, but that can also be catastrophic

The reason for the switching was actually a rocket attack near the hospital where the two babies were, and in the evacuation they got switched...so....not nefarious

I recommend it Lipush - if you ever watch it, I would be curious as to your take on it too since it's in your own back yard. I thought it was sensitively handled and very thoughtful

Saw the trailer

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJoW577jhLU]The Other Son (Le fils de l'autre) (2012) - Official Trailer [HD] - YouTube[/ame]

Seems very interesting. Must say, I don't watch that many films concerning the Israeli Palestinian conflict (I believe one reality is more than enough) but if I come across I'll look into it.

It's not so much about the conflict as about identity, family and friendship - that's what I really like about it. The characters are not two-dimensional black and white, but real people with real concerns who have to rethink their lives and some of their established views as they get to know each other. That's one of the reasons I liked it. I like films about culture clash, and how people work through it and come to new understandings.

 

[Coyote]

Too funny - I heard this on NPR, apparently, this does happen sometimes in real life: Japanese 'Prince' Switched At Birth Was Raised A Pauper : The Two-Way : NPR

What happens when you find out that the life you've lived could have been better — much better? That's what a 60-year-old Japanese truck driver had to grapple with when he discovered he was switched at birth after being born to a rich family.

The man, who has chosen to remain anonymous, was raised by a single mother in a 100-square-foot apartment. that a social welfare organization that ran the hospital where the mix-up occurred must pay him about $317,000 for causing "mental distress by depriving him of an opportunity to gain a higher education."

The truck driver has chosen to remain anonymous. The boy who was raised in his place by the rich family became the president of a real estate company.

 

[Lipush]

The reason for the switching was actually a rocket attack near the hospital where the two babies were, and in the evacuation they got switched...so....not nefarious

I recommend it Lipush - if you ever watch it, I would be curious as to your take on it too since it's in your own back yard. I thought it was sensitively handled and very thoughtful

Saw the trailer

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJoW577jhLU]The Other Son (Le fils de l'autre) (2012) - Official Trailer [HD] - YouTube[/ame]

Seems very interesting. Must say, I don't watch that many films concerning the Israeli Palestinian conflict (I believe one reality is more than enough) but if I come across I'll look into it.

It's not so much about the conflict as about identity, family and friendship - that's what I really like about it. The characters are not two-dimensional black and white, but real people with real concerns who have to rethink their lives and some of their established views as they get to know each other. That's one of the reasons I liked it. I like films about culture clash, and how people work through it and come to new understandings.

I understand and it's something I can really relate.

 

[Bloodrock44]

Interesting that they could not tell before then.

I think that tells us something.

It tells us that Israeli's and Arabs are cousins and what we have been watching is a 4500 year old family feud.

 

[Coyote]

Interesting that they could not tell before then.

I think that tells us something.

It tells us that Israeli's and Arabs are cousins and what we have been watching is a 4500 year old family feud.

What a great way to put it - reminds me of the Irish.

 

[dreolin]

Last night I watched a DVD with my Mom, just chilling and enjoying relaxation. We both enjoy foreign films, particularly those that deal with culture clash. The one we watched was called "The Other Son" and dealt with two families who's babies were switched at birth and the mistake wasn't discovered until one enlisted in the IDF and found he had a blood type that was impossible given his parents.

The movie deals with identity, family, friendship, enemies and how they dealt with the complex emotions surrounding this. One son grew up Jewish in Tel Aviv and the other Palestinian in the West Bank.

I highly recommend it if you haven't seen it

The Other Son - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You migght like "Into the West".

Is that this series? Into the West (miniseries) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Or this film: Into the West (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I've seen the Irish film - in fact, it's one of my favorites

The film. It was funny. I waatched it with my son when he was young and he was on the edge of his seat poking and jabbing me and asking "Is that horse a pooka? Is Tir na n'Og a pooka?" And at the end he screamed "I knew it. I knew it."

Maybe he did.

Another good "culture clash" film is "War of the Buttons" based on a French novel by Louis Pergaud. The Irish made a remake of the French film. I like kids films. LOL.

I ordered "The Other Son".

"Paradise Now" is very good.

 

[Coyote]

War of the Buttons sounds like a hoot - I'll have to look for that!

It's amazing the number of good films put out by small, independent groups - or even more, countries where film makers have to pass censors. Iran has produced some wonderful films despite government censorship and it gives an insight into the culture and everyday life that is often overlooked in the midst of political strife. One of the ones I really liked is this one: Children of Heaven - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - it's a story about two children, a pair of shoes, and their ingenuity.

 

[docmauser1]

Yup...in the end, we are all humanity

Cue kumbaya.