# Mother and Son (1997)

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**Original title**: *Мать и сын*
**Runtime**: 73 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Aleksandr Sokurov
**Written by**: Yuriy Arabov
**Starring**: Aleksei Ananishnov, Gudrun Geyer

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Tarkovsky meets a nature documentary without nostalgia. An elderly woman and her son wander a wind-lashed forest before her final days. The light and silence carry the weight, Sasha Bondarchuk’s face does the rest.

**Mood tags**: dread, slow-burn, tender

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