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6 February 1998 (USA) morePlot:
A slow and poignant story of love and patience told via a dying mother nursed by her devoted son. The... more | full synopsisAwards:
3 wins & 4 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Beautiful, Dreadful, Moving, Hypnotic & Powerful more (24 total)Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Aleksei Ananishnov | ... | Son |
| Gudrun Geyer | ... | Mother |
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73 minLanguage:
RussianColor:
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1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Dolby SRCertification:
South Korea:12 | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | France:U | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/12 | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:UFun Stuff
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Mother & Son is a stunningly perfectionist yet tremendously moving piece of art. The plot as it is revolves around a son tending to his dying mother in a rural Russian setting.
Whilst this situation is itself moving, the primary impact of the film is sensual. Sokurov goes to immense trouble to turn every extended take into a mesmerising image worthy in-itself, using intricate filters and in-camera techniques to create a stunningly original visual landscape. The dolby soundtrack is just as complex, mixing natural ambient recordings, sparse but precise dialog and occasional snippets of classical music mixed in at a nearly inaudible level. The soundtrack itself could stand alone.
More importantly, perhaps, the style fits the subject matter. What Sokurov essentially does is kills the audience - the film has an immense hypnotic power that places the audience directly inside the gaze of the dying woman. Both times I saw this film, the entire audience was left sitting dazed and motionless for a number of minutes after the house lights had come up.
The final triumph is the films short running time of 1 hr 15 minutes. The audience is given no time to lose concentration, and the film achieves all its goals in this time.
Mother & Son must rank as one of the few recent films to qualify as a truly cinematic experience.