Mother and Son
Direction: Aleksandr Sokurov
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My friend, the Minister 
A Tickle in the Heart zero one film in Coproduction with Lenfilm Studios (RUS), Ö Film.
Funded by Bundesministerium des Innern, Bonn, GosCinema, FilmFörderung Hamburg GmbH.
Rental: Edition Salzgeber
Cinema premiere: Sep 25, 1997
Content
A son tends to his ailing mother. After a livelong
relationship of love and emotional dependency he can
not accept the fact that she is going to die. Even on
her death bed he denies that he will have to go on
living on his own - without her unconditional support.
Awards
Moscow International Film Festival (Russia), 1997
Andrei Tarkovsky Award
Moscow International Film Festival (Russia), 1997
Russian Film Critics Award
Moscow International Film Festival (Russia), 1997
Special Jury Prize
Berlinale International Film Festival (Germany), 1997
CICAE Jury Prize
Int. Film Festival of the Art ofCinematography (Poland), 1997
nominated for the Golden Frog for Aleksei Fyodorov
Moscow International Film Festival (Russia), 1997
nominated for the Golden St. George Award
Nika Award (Russia), 1998
nominated for Best Cinematographer and Best Sound