The Son of Joseph

Vincent (Victor Ezenfis) lives alone with his mother Marie (Natacha Régnier) and has never been told who his father is, so he sets out to find the man. The trail leads to Oscar Pormenor (Mathieu Amalric), a cynical Paris publisher with no interest in being found. Eugène Green stages their meetings in formal, deliberate speech, and Vincent stands in the publisher's office with the look of a boy asking a question nobody will answer.