Mother and Son
This emotionally and visually stunning offering from Russian director Alexander Sokurov awakens the senses to the world of nature, human relationships, and death in this film about the poignant last hours of a dying mother and the son who cares for her. Gundrun Aleksei and Aleksei Ananishnov inhabit this extraodinary world in which startling purity and dreamlike distortion combine in unforgettable images of hallucinated intensity.
Year: 1998
Genre: Russian Cinema, Best of the 1990s, Movies (1001 You Must See Before You Die), Martin's Favourites
Country: Russia
Director: Alexander Sokurov
Starring: Gudren Geyer, Alexei Ananishnov
Duration: 73 Minutes
Rating: PG
7.6/10
Location in store: Foreign (Russia)
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