When driving home from southern Tunisia, Fares and Meriem's car is hit by a stray bullet during an ambush by an armed group, and their young son Aziz's liver is punctured. Further upping the emotional ante, at a local hospital, the need for a transplant uncovers a long-kept secret. And this is only the beginning of the unexpected twists in “A Son’s” deftly crafted story, which also offers a probing look at Tunisian society's social and legal realities. As their world falls apart, the subtleties of the couple's shifting emotions are handled masterfully, heralding director Mehdi Barsaoui as a bold new talent to watch. Variety writes: “Not many debuting directors are able to bring subtlety and depth to a heart-rending subject, which is just one reason why Mehdi M. Barsaoui’s superb ‘A Son’ deserves significant attention. On the surface, the plot sounds like it could be taken from a hospital TV drama: When a young boy needs a liver transplant, his father discovers he’s not the biological parent. Such a bare-bones description does the film no justice, as Barsaoui’s sensitive script delves into issues of masculinity and paternity without losing sight of the strong female character and her double trauma as she faces the potential loss of both child and husband.”