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My Son is Somewhere

1962 · 74 min

A quiet, patient portrait of waiting and absence, steeped in the ache of a parent's love and the slow passage of time.

Directed by
Artur Voytetsky
Genres
Drama
Starring
Svetlana Druzhinina, Nikolai Simonov, Kseniya Kozmina
Overview
An old fisherman spends his days waiting to hear from his son who left the village long time ago.

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Directed by
Artur Voytetsky
Genres
Drama
Starring
Svetlana Druzhinina, Nikolai Simonov, Kseniya Kozmina
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • isolation
  • aging
  • grief
  • memory
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Artur Voytetsky
Written by
Dmitri Kholendro
Starring
Svetlana Druzhinina, Nikolai Simonov, Kseniya Kozmina, Viktor Avdyushko, Dmytro Franko, Aleksandr Tolstykh, Olga Bgan, Mikhail Vasilyev
Music
Modest Tabachnikov
Cinematography
Yurii Illienko
Runtime
74 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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