Directed by Aleksandr SokurovStarring Aleksei Ananishnov, Gudrun Geyer
1997
This film is about the relationship between a sick mother and her son. Surely, this isn't for the average viewer: narrative is slow, events nonexistent; the film consists mostly of painting-like "still-lives" with very little dialogue. The mother and son walk along the beautiful sceneries (the film is done on the island of Rügen, by the coast of Germany), approach each other, take contact by embracing and hugging.
Nick Cave, the rock singer, said somewhere that this film is the most beautiful he has ever seen. I agree that it is maybe Sokurov's best: the twisted images of the landscapes, great camera work and almost meditative feeling are something I love to see in the cinema - if nothing else, just as an attempt this is a great film, instead of all the run-of-the-mill "narratives" we come across.
Awards:
1997 Moscow International Film Festival
Andrei Tarkovsky Award
Russian Film Critics Award
Special Jury Prize
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hey man- how beautiful i've found your blog :)
didn't know this one before and i'm glad you tease me (always a question of taste..)!
hope it woun't be too difficult to get it somehow..
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