Son of the Shark

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Son of the Shark (Le Fils du Requin)

Directed by	Agnès Merlet
Produced by	Francois Fries
Written by	Santiago Amigorena Agnes Merlet
Starring	Ludovic Vandendaele Eric Da Silva Sandrine Blancke Maxime Leroux
Music by	Bruno Coulais
Cinematography	Gerard Simon
Editing by	Guy Lecorne Pierre Choukroun
Distributed by	Seventh Art Releasing
Release date(s)	November 24, 1993
Running time	88 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
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Son of the Shark (French: Le Fils du Requin) is a 1993 French film directed by Agnès Merlet, about two brothers, Martin (Ludovic Vandendaele) and Simon (Eric Da Silva), and their adventures as juvenile delinquents in the north of France.

Inspired by a well-known passage of Lautréamont's Les Chants de Maldoror, Martin holds a belief, in which he claims to be "the son of a female shark". He hopes that someday he and his brother, Simon will disappear to the bottom of the ocean, where they will live happily ever after surrounded by dancing fish^[1].

[edit] Awards and nominations

The film won the 1994 European Film Award for "Young European Film of the Year", the Avignon Film Festival's Prix Tournage, and the Joseph Plateau Award for Best Belgian actress. It was also nominated for a César Award for Best Debut^[2].