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A meditation on love , 21 October 2007
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Mother And Son
on DVD (1997)
Starring: Aleksei Ananishnov, Gudrun Geyer
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov
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It's hard to imagine a film further removed from standard Hollywood fare. Little over an hour long, with no plot to speak of, Aleksandr Sokurov's film communicates emotion through the nuances of gesture, changing light and the forest setting. In the film, through the delicate tending to a mother's dying hours we have a son's love bringing symmetry to their lifelong relationship; as he carries her helpless body, washes her and feeds her, we cannot help but picture the love which she gave him in his infancy.
A film which rewards reflection, it is simple but profound, with a counter-cultural message for film-making and for society's respect for the elderly and frail.
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