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02/17/07
Father and Son (2004)
70 %
Reviews Counted: 40 Fresh: 28 Rotten:12 Average Rating: 6.4/10
Runtime: 83 mins
Synopsis: Acclaimed filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (RUSSIAN ARK) brings us this sensual study of the bond between a strapping Russian father (Andrey Schetinin) and his soldier son (Aleksey Neymsyshev). In a dreamy rooftop apartment overlooking the sea, the pair wrestle, lift weights, bond, pore over... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Andrey Schetinin, Aleksey Neymyshev, Alexander Razbash, Fedor Lavrov, Marina Zasukhina
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
Screenwriter: Sergei Potepalov
Producer: Thomas Kufus
Composer: Andrei Sigle
Screenwriter: Sergei Potepalov
Producer: Thomas Kufus
Composer: Andrei Sigle
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01/26/06
Top Critic
This strikingly beautiful film from Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) captures relationships in an ethereal way that gets way under the skin.
09/19/04
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07/27/04
Top Critic
As it links paternalism, militarism, and nationalism, this achingly beautiful film proves dreamily seductive but also profoundly disturbing.
07/06/04
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Visually remarkable look at a gay relationship; one of the richest inside looks at gay love and tenderness.
08/13/05
Alexander Sokurov's obscure new film Father and Son doesn't quite come off.
01/31/05
Tediously mannered look at the obsessive intimate bonds between a father and his teen-aged military son.
12/05/04
for a hit of pure cinema, you could do no better...than to spend a few moments reveling in its high
09/30/04
A beautiful but static viewing experience that utterly fails to touch the viewer.
09/02/04
Although Father and Son is never as deep or wrenching as Mother and Son, the careful casting and Sokurov's unique visual style continue to make this a series worth following.
08/20/04
The film seems to have internalized Sokurov's inspiration so far that it becomes a blur of hints and vapors.
08/20/04
Here was my question for most of this movie: Wha-? I was clueless. Did not understand.
08/13/04
The best way to watch Father and Son is to let it wash over you and not be overly concerned with prosaic matters like plot.
07/30/04
Father and Son is definitely a puzzle, and frankly I was about to walk out on it before it drastically improved.
07/30/04
It’s hard to imagine a more jointly artful and mind-numbingly off-putting cinematic experience... Father and Son is the virtual definition of tedium.
07/13/04
Poised and teasing in a way that might incite less patient viewers to madness. But you don't come to Sokurov for his narrative agility, you come for his rhapsodic longueurs.
07/09/04
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