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Acclaimed filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (RUSSIAN ARK) brings us this sensual study of the bond between a strapping Russian father (Andrey Schetinin) and his soldier son (Aleksey Neymsyshev). In a dreamy rooftop apartment overlooking the sea, the pair wrestle, lift weights, bond, pore over old photos of lost loved ones, and stare longingly into each other's eyes. Some neighbors and a girlfriend drop by, but this is a two-person movie all the way, with deep manly currents ebbing and flowing amid the hallucinatory fairy tale symbolism. The gorgeous photography by Alexander Burov bathes everything in a nostalgic golden light, as if it's all about to fade into one of the ancient photographs that adorn their walls. The presence of old radios playing endless variations on Tchaikovsky suggest this is all occurring in some timeless place of the mind, a notion confirmed as the father-son bond on display begins to dissolve with Oedipal inevitability. Despite associations one may have with gorgeous, half-naked men relentlessly caressing and eyeing each other, Sokurov denies any incestual homoerotic intentions as he is here aiming for something far more abstract and spiritual. His apprenticeship under legendary Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky shows as slow pacing and illogic are put to transcendental effect. This is the second film of a planned trilogy (MOTHER AND SON was the first and TWO BROTHERS AND A SISTER will be the last).

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ProducerThomas Kufus

EAN5021866284309

eBay Product ID (ePID)43100725

Product Key Features

ActorAlexander Razbash, Aleksey Neymyshev, Fedor Lavrov, Andrey Shchetinin, Marina Zasukhina

Film/TV TitleFather and Son

DirectorAlexandr Sokurov

LanguageRussian

Subtitle LanguageEnglish

Run Time86 Mins

Release Year2004

FormatDVD

FeaturesShort Film by Alexander Sukurov\Production Notes by Alexander Sukurov\Trailer\Filmographies, With Subtitles

GenreDrama, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

CertificateU

Country/Region of ManufactureRussia

ReviewsAttitude - Achingly beautiful, The Guardian Guide - A sensual experience, full of evocative imagery and masculine intimacy, The Financial Times - I love Father and Son, Film Review - Displays the same wistful, homoerotic charge as Claire Denis' Beau Travail, The Sunday Mirror - Enigmatic and beautifully shot, Total Film - A wok of considerable artistic imagination, What's On - Each and every frame of this film is full of captivating poetry

ScreenwriterSergey Potepalov

Sound sourceDolby Digital 2.0

Movie/TV TitleFather And Son