Andrey lives with his sick mother, suffering serious disease, schizophrenia. Close relatives are tired of dealing with the disease: his father cut loose from his family long time ago, now he has another family; his sister also left home and for several years no one has heard from her. Only Andrey does not give up - day after day he fosters his sick mother, saves money and compiles documents to take her to Germany for treatment. But the fate is merciless to the main character - his mom dies the day before the departure - Andrey's world turned upside down - He hits the road to talk to his sister, to look into his father's eyes, to understand himself... "The Son" is a parable, a dream. The film is based upon a simple story about complicated relationships between a son and his parents and, what is most important, with himself. The relationships that end in tragic outcome.
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Alexey Chernykh
Andrey
Also in
Scythe Hitting Stone
The Tale of Peter and Fevronia
Vadim Andreyev
Andrey's father
Also in
Cadetship
GDR
Olga Malakhova
Andrey's mother
Also in
Getting to Know the Big Wide World
Easy on the Eyes
Lidiya Omutnykh
Lena, Andrey's sister
Also in
Through My Eyes
On the Road to Berlin
Yelena Tonunts
Albina, doctor
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Scheherazade's 1002nd Night
I'm Declaring War on You
Oksana Erdley
Oksana, bride
No other roles listed
Yanina Kogut
aunt Valya, librarian
Known for
Brother 2
Valery Karibyan
Sergey, friend
Also in
Home Mode
Pigtail
Dmitry Kuryanov
Valera, taxi driver
Known for
The Major
Dmitry Faynshteyn
lover
Known for
Dance to Death
Nadezhda Isayeva
Andrey Korsunov
Arseny Gonchukov Director · Stanislav Polesko Composer Konstantin Rassolov Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $4.7K · First release August 10, 2014 · Produced in Russia
Box office
Worldwide gross
$4,694
Production
Art-Lider
Production
Russia
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Original title
Сын
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · August 10, 2014
Premiere · Vyborg Russian Cinema Festival
Russia · November 20, 2014
Limited theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
August 22, 2014 · Premiere · Montréal World Film Festival
Poland
November 25, 2014 · Premiere · Sputnik Russian Film Festival
Russia
September 19, 2014 · Premiere · Open Film Festival of the CIS and Baltic countries "Kinoshok"
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