# L'affrontement (1984)

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**Original title**: *Harry & Son*
**Runtime**: 117 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Paul Newman
**Written by**: Paul Newman, Ronald Buck
**Starring**: Paul Newman, Robby Benson, Ellen Barkin, Wilford Brimley, Judith Ivey, Ossie Davis

> *Two men with nothing in common... except the blood in their veins.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Widower Harry Keach scoffs at his son’s soft hands and Nina’s husband then gets fired. He spends his last unemployment check on a camping trip that cracks open their cracked lives. A working-class grump learns to hug through the wreckage.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

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