Alpha.

10/28/2024

The dynamics of father-son relationships can assume a variety of forms. Some resemble the so-called “best buddy” bonds, while others can be quite toxic. And then there are those that are highly competitive, connections where father and son are constantly (and not necessarily consciously) engaged in an ongoing game of one-upsmanship as each strives to be top dog in the relationship, bonds that frequently (and curiously) exhibit both healthy respect and quiet disdain for one another. That’s very much the case in the relationship between Rein (Reinout Scholten van Aschat), a thoughtful, reserved snowboarding instructor and would-be composer living in the Swiss Alps, who’s paid a visit by his outgoing father, Gijs (Gijs Scholten van Aschat), an actor visiting from the Netherlands. It’s the fir