Father Knows Best: The Coulin Sisters Examine the Detrimental Ripples of Fascism
With their third feature, The Quiet Son, French directing duo Delphine and Muriel Coulin (who are also sisters) explore the effects of extremism on a radicalized teenager from a working class suburban French family. In many ways, the trajectory of their filmography is similar to that of the Dardenne Bros., utilizing social realism to explore situations seemingly ripped from the headlines, such as their debut 17 Girls (2011), which also features a group teenagers getting together to make their own rash, cult-like decisions which have far-reaching effects they cannot comprehend.… Read the rest
