Father and Son (2003)

Father and Son (2003)
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Award-winning Russian filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) directs the intimate drama Father and Son (Otets I Syn), a companion piece to his 1996 film Mother and Son. Following the death of his wife, a handsome father (Andrej Shetinin) shares an apartment with his son (Alexei Neimyshev). The son goes to military school to train to be a soldier, while the father remembers his own history as a soldier. The father and son develop a strong emotional and physical attachment to one another. The son's girlfriend starts to grow jealous of the relationship. The son wants to spend more time with the other boys in the military school, but the father doesn't want to let go of him. Composer Andrei Sigle provides the original score, based on themes by Peter Tchaikovsky. Father and Son was shown in competition at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi

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Starring:
Andrej ShetininAlexei Nejmyshev, (more)
Director(s):
Alexander Sokurov
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
PG13
Format(s):
DVD
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Award-winning Russian filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) directs the intimate drama Father and Son (Otets I Syn), a companion piece to his 1996 film Mother and Son. Following the death of his wife, a handsome father (Andrej Shetinin) shares an apartment with his son (Alexei Neimyshev). The son goes to military school to train to be a soldier, while the father remembers his own history as a soldier. The father and son develop a strong emotional and physical attachment to one another. The son's girlfriend starts to grow jealous of the relationship. The son wants to spend more time with the other boys in the military school, but the father doesn't want to let go of him. Composer Andrei Sigle provides the original score, based on themes by Peter Tchaikovsky. Father and Son was shown in competition at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
83 mins

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Director(s):
Alexander Sokurov
Writer(s):
Sergey Potepalov
Producer(s):
Thomas Kufus
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
PG13(Adult Language, Adult Situations)
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    Cary R.

    The movie opens with a bare-chested muscular father and son embracing and the father looking loving at his very well filled out son. I thought it was going to turn into an incestuous story, so I was pleased when it didn't. Then the father goes to the military school where his son, but basically doesn't pay much attention to him. The son comes home for the weekend, and there's another near-incest scene. Then some random "kid" who looks to be about 25 comes looking for his dad. The father tells him nothing, but when the boy leaves, he tells his son he knew his dad. The son takes off to meet the boy, they go on a trolley ride through St. Petersburg and talk about random stuff, then they part. The son comes home and the next morning talks to his dad who has woken up before him and is standing out on the roof in the snow. Then the movie ends.

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    Ghalib D.

    The most incoherent, self indulgent film to date. What a complete waste of time, money and talent.

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    Rostislav K.

    I could not imagine that there were movies like this one. Very bad movie.

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