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The Mother Of My Son

2022 · 102 min

A tense, emotionally heavy chamber drama that keeps you uneasy as trust and desperation slowly curdle into something unsettling.

Directed by
Ilya Maximov
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Maryana Spivak, Darya Zhovner, Evgeniy Tkachuk
Overview
The picture tells about a difficult triangle of relations - the terminally ill woman Marie and the young couple Kira and Mark, who have lost their own child. Now they are ready to adopt Marie's five-year-old son. But the woman has a condition, she wants to make sure with her own eyes that the young family is ready for adoption. Kira and Mark are unaware of the price they will have to pay for this opportunity.

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Directed by
Ilya Maximov
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Maryana Spivak, Darya Zhovner, Evgeniy Tkachuk
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • parenthood
    • grief
    • family
    • deception
    • morality
    Places
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror3
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance2
    Tension7
    Darkness7
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, thriller
    Directed by
    Ilya Maximov
    Written by
    Denis Tarasov, Elena Gordeeva
    Starring
    Maryana Spivak, Darya Zhovner, Evgeniy Tkachuk, Roman Rumyantsev, Mark Rumyantsev
    Music
    Dasha Charusha
    Cinematography
    Denis Alarkon-Ramires
    Runtime
    102 min
    Country
    Russia
    Languages
    Russian

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