Father and Son Summary
MPAA Rating: PG13
Director: Alexander Sokurov
Genres: Drama
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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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