Father and Son

Name: Father and Son
Genre: Drama
Released: 2003-09-12
Duration: 97 min
Cast: Jaime Freitas, Andrei Shchetinin, Aleksandr Razbash, Fyodor Lavrov, Marina Zasukhina

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Release Date

9/12/2003

Runtime

97 mins

Genres

Drama

Overview

In this dreamlike film, a nameless father and his son, Aleksei, live together in an apartment in St. Petersburg. Aleksei's mother has died and consequently the two have a very close relationship. When Aleksei acquires a girlfriend, she refuses to take a back seat to his bond with his dad, and breaks up with him. Aleksei is also experiencing nightmares, dreading separation from his father to be a part of the military as his father was.

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Budget

Revenue

$38,150

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A languid, dreamlike meditation on the suffocating tenderness between a father and son whose closeness threatens to keep both of them from the wider world. The film moves through memory and nightmare, exploring the weight of love that cannot let go.