The Son is the second film in what Zeller has designed as a trilogy. It was launched in 2020 with The Father, which had Anthony Hopkins as a parent whose dementia causes him to fear and distrust those closest to him. Now, in The Son, Hugh Jackman's Peter, a successful Manhattan lawyer, is trying to rescue his teenage son from the depths of depression. The Son" its tension: a low, subconscious dread that something terrible is going to happen, as if tragedy were inevitable, but you can't quite be sure what form it will take. "The Son" isn't an easy watch, but it's an important one at a time when young people are very much in crisis.