Father and Son
Sep 12 2003
•2h 37m
•Drama
In this dreamlike film, a nameless father and his son, Aleksei, live together in an apartment in St. Petersburg. Aleksei's mother has died and consequently the two have a very close relationship. When Aleksei acquires a girlfriend, she refuses to take a back seat to his bond with his dad, and breaks up with him. Aleksei is also experiencing nightmares, dreading separation from his father to be a part of the military as his father was.
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Andrei Shchetinin
Father
Aleksei Neymyshev
Aleksei, the son
Aleksandr Razbash
Sasha
Fyodor Lavrov
Fyodor
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