The Son

THE SON stars Hugh Jackman as Peter, an upper-class executive in New York whose adultery and abandonment of his first wife has traumatized their teenage son, Nicholas. When his ex-wife discovers that Nicholas has been skipping school for a month, the boy tells her he wants to live with his father. Peter takes the boy even though his new wife has just had a baby. Peter finds out Nicholas has been cutting himself. After a few weeks, Nicholas seems to be thriving living with his father. But, has Nicholas recovered from the trauma of his father abandoning his mother?