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Mother and Son

Mat i Syn (Mutter und Sohn) (Mother and Son)

1997

Aleksandr Sokúrov

Gudrun Geyer, Aleksei Ananishnov

7.1

1,265

Drama A slow and poignant story of love and patience told via a dying mother nursed by her devoted son. The simple narrative is a thread woven among the deeply spiritual images of the countryside and cottage.

	Author	Review
United States	Keith Uhlich Slant	"The brilliance of 'Mother and Son' is how it turns perspective and perception against us"	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"Sokurov's intensity insures that something is always happening, both on the screen and inside us"	POS
United Kingdom	Rob Mackie The Guardian	"To some, this will be an eloquent, poignant representation of a relationship; others will probably find it mawkish and inert (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Time Out	"As a pastoral tone poem, the film is stunning; there are images here as remarkable as any in cinema."	POS
United States	Deborah Young Variety	"[It] will polarize auds more than ever"	NEU

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