Mother and Son (1997 film)
It was Sokurov's first internationally acclaimed feature film, and is the first volume of a planned trilogy whose subject matter is the study of the drama in human relationships.It is followed by Father and Son (2003), and planned to be followed by Two Brothers and a Sister, the final installment, though as of 2024[update] this last has not been made; his Alexandra (2007) is sometimes considered part of this series, as another film on similar themes.The young man is the son (Alexei Ananishnov) who is taking care of his exhausted sick mother (Gudrun Geyer).It is a circular motion which travels a long walk through a dreamlike landscape in the countryside, along winding dirt roads.[3][5][6] The painterly cinematography has been compared to the work of Peter Greenaway and Derek Jarman, and the distortions to Stan Brakhage.