Aleksandr Sokurov's minimalist "Mat i syn" ("Mother and Son" in English) looks at the relationship between a man and his dying mother. They live in the middle of nowhere, and seem to exist only to accompany each other in a world that ignores them (which was no doubt especially severe in Yeltsin's Russia). I suspect that they intended the movie as a Tarkovsky-style reflection on humanity's place in the world, but the limited dialog and long takes turn it into a weird movie. I get the feeling that one of its aims is to test your attention span.
I guess that it's an OK movie, but I think that it would have been more effective had they placed it in a larger context.
I guess that it's an OK movie, but I think that it would have been more effective had they placed it in a larger context.