''The Secret Son'' (french: L'enfant secret) is a 1979 French film written and directed by

Philippe Garrel Philippe Garrel (; born 6 April 1948) is a French director, cinematographer, screenwriter, film editor, and producer, associated with the French New Wave movement. His films have won him awards at Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival. ...

. It stars

Anne Wiazemsky Anne Wiazemsky (14 May 1947 – 5 October 2017) was a French actress and novelist. She made her cinema debut at the age of 18, playing Marie, the lead character in Robert Bresson's ''Au Hasard Balthazar'' (1966), and went on to appear in several ...

as Elie and Henri de Maublanc as Jean-Baptiste, a filmmaker. The original film score was composed by Faton Cahen who reprised his collaboration with Garrel on ''Liberté, la nuit'' (1983), ''Paris vu par… 20 ans après'' (1984) and ''J'entends plus la guitare'' (1991). It was premiered in Paris in 1979 and received wider release in 1982. In October 2017, it was released in cinemas in the United States. The film won

Prix Jean Vigo The Prix Jean Vigo is an award in the Cinema of France given annually since 1951 to a French film director in homage to Jean Vigo. It was founded by French writer Claude Aveline. Since 1960, the award is given to a director of a feature film and ...

in 1982.

Cast

as Elie * Henri de Maublanc as Jean-Baptiste * Xuan Lindenmeyer as Swann, Elie's child * Cécile Le Bailly as Chloé *

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as the whore * Philippe Garrel as the psychiatric patient * Ari Päffgen as the boy * Eliane Roy as Jean-Baptiste's mother

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Secret Son, The 1972 films French black-and-white films French drama films Films directed by Philippe Garrel 1970s French films