A man goes for a walk through the countryside with his dying mother.
Aleksei Ananishnov
Son
Gudrun Geyer
Mother
Mother and Son is a drama film released in 1997 exploring themes of countryside, parent child relationship, spiritual, dying mother, mother son relationship. Directed by Aleksandr Sokurov, it stars Aleksei Ananishnov, Gudrun Geyer. A man goes for a walk through the countryside with his dying mother.
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