THE SON OF BIGFOOT

France/Belgium, 2017, 93 minutes, Colour.
Voice of: Pappy Faulkner.
Directed by Jeremie Degruson, Ben Stassen.

This is an unusual mixture of science-fiction and a family story.

The film opens with the father being pursued by a chemical company which has experimented on him, especially with growing hair, leading to other superpowers.

12 years later, his son thinks he is dead but discovers that his mother is in correspondence with him and he with her, following the development of his son. The boy is bullied at school – with a number of scenes illustrating this.

The boy, disappointed with his mother, leaves home and hitchhikes to find his father, finding him in the forest. He is disappointed but, gradually, he begins to admire his father while he himself finds greater powers, especially big feet. The hair has always been a problem, growing rapidly after its being cut.

In the meantime, the audience has seen the experiments at Hair Co, the special growth of hair, making of wigs, the executive quite manic, showing around Japanese visitors. The company then goes into the forest to pursue the father and son.

There may be sufficient action for the younger audiences, identification with the teenager, and, perhaps, some disbelief for the adult audience.