The Other Son (original title: Le Fils de l'Autre) is a 2012 French drama film where two young men, one Israeli and one Palestinian, discover they were accidentally switched at birth.

As he is preparing to join the Israeli army for his national service, Joseph discovers he is not his parents biological son, and that he was inadvertently switched at birth with Yassin, the son of a Palestinian family from the West Bank. THE OTHER SON is the moving and provocative story of a revelation that turns the lives of these two families upside-down, forcing them to reassess their respective identities, their values and their beliefs…

• Won Tokyo International Film Festival Grand Prix Award, and Best Director Award

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The Other Son Movie Reviews

“This moving, emotionally concise human drama is easily one of the most remarkable films about the unending conflict in the Middle East.” 3AW

“The cast's performances are so gut-wrenching (particularly from Emmanuelle Devos and Areen Omari as the boys' equally empathic mothers) that the film's hopeful message and abundance of heart prove impossible to resist.” Time Out New York

“Making a feel-good movie about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could be a recipe for disaster, but French writer-director Lorraine Levy manages to avoid many, if not all, of the pitfalls in her touching family drama.” The Hollywood Reporter

“This beautifully photographed drama is well-played throughout with great conscience without becoming heavy-handed.” New York Daily News

“The kind of movie that engenders a vigorous debate after viewing it. At a minimum, it will goad your mind to consider the issues – familial and political – in a new way.” Hollywood & Fine

“Sentimental? Certainly, but in a part of the world where hope and optimism haven't shown their faces in a long time, it's hard not to feel carried along by the generously conciliatory spirit that warms The Other Son, as it did "The Band's Visit.” Movies have rarely been known to change the world, but you never know." NPR