In 'The Other Son' two men approaching their eighteenth birthday discover that they were switched shortly after birth. This discovery would raise extraordinary problems for resolution under any circumstances but when you consider one of the men is an Israeli Jew and the other a Palestinian in the Occupied Territories the religious, political, cultural and personal ramifications appear insoluble.
I've read that such a situation did occur in reality but I'm not certain whether the events portrayed in the film are based on fact or are fiction.
Either way, this is a fine film, very sensitively played out by an excellent cast. The scene where the two sets of parents receive confirmation of the switch is most moving; certainly it drew tears from me as the parents, mostly wordlessly, portray the shock, bewilderment and confusion of the situation in which they find themselves.
The film is presented in French, Hebrew, Arabic and some English.
★★★★
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