The Return of the Son (French: Le Retour du fils) is a Moroccan film directed by Ahmed Boulane and released in 2011.
[4][5][6] Fifteen years after being kidnapped by his French mother, Mehdi, now in his twenties, returns to Morocco to see his father Aziz.
He meets a young Moroccan woman and spends less time at home with his father.
Aziz disapproves of the relationship and argues more and more frequently with his son.
One day, after a particularly heated argument, Mehdi leaves and does not come home at night.