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.

A lustrous and passionate portrait of paternal bonds, Father and Son is a majestic new film by Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) about the relationship between a hale and hearty father and son who spend so much time gazing into each other’s eyes, that they could be mistaken for lovers.