Mother and Son

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.

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Aleksandr Sokurov directed Mother and Son in 1997. See Aleksandr Sokurov's full filmography, where to start with Aleksandr Sokurov, or where to go after you've seen everything by Aleksandr Sokurov.

Mother and Son was released in 1997 (RU original-language production), with a runtime of 73 minutes.