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Director:
Aleksandr Sokurov
Writer:
Yuri Arabov (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
6 February 1998 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A slow and poignant story of love and patience told via a dying mother nursed by her devoted son. The... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins & 4 nominations more
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User Comments:
The most exquisitely beautiful film that I have ever seen. more (24 total)

Cast

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Aleksei Ananishnov ... Son
Gudrun Geyer ... Mother
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Directed by
Aleksandr Sokurov 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Yuri Arabov  writer

Produced by
Aleksandr Golutva .... executive producer
Martin Hagemann .... executive producer
Thomas Kufus .... producer
Katrin Schlösser .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Mikhail Ivanovich 
 
Cinematography by
Aleksei Fyodorov 
 
Film Editing by
Leda Semyonova 
 
Production Design by
Esther Ritterbusch 
Vera Zelinskaya 
 
Art Direction by
Esther Rittersbusch 
Leda Zelinskaia 
 
Makeup Department
Yekaterina Beschastnaya .... makeup artist
Grit Kosse .... makeup artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marina Koreneva .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Vladimir Persov .... sound
Martin Steyer .... sound
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Gennadi Gromov .... camera operator
Alik Nasyrov .... camera operator
Viktor Palekh .... camera operator
Aleksandr Palm .... camera operator
Alexander Palm .... assistant camera
Sergei Vershinin .... camera operator
 
Music Department
Andrey Deryabin .... music producer
 
Other crew
Michael Kruger .... location manager
 
Thanks
Andrey Deryabin .... thanks
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Мать и сын (Russia)
Mother and Son (USA)
Mutter und Sohn (Germany)
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Runtime:
73 min
Country:
Russia | Germany
Language:
Russian
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Certification:
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:U
Company:
Severny Fond more

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Movie Connections:
Followed by Otets i syn (2003) more

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11 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
The most exquisitely beautiful film that I have ever seen., 16 March 2002
10/10
Author: murielh

There is very little in the movies today that is anything like Mother and Son. Certainly the slow movement, which mirrors life itself, is far away from any editing that we normally see. But what is there to prepare one for the absolute exquisite beauty, scene after scene. Because of the slowness, because of the beauty, because of the subject, it is painfully exquisite. One feels, at once, the heavy pain and suffering of this life and its beautifulness. The two seem to coexist like oil and water, pulling one in two directions at once. Of plot, in the normal sense, there is little or none. Everything is about the hiddeness and mystery of all things, all relationships, the blowing of the grass in the wind, a young man carrying his mother, Death. What more is there to say?

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