Father and son (2003 full movie)
'The Second Circle': Aleksandr Sokurov's Film on Death and Emotion Still Resonates Today
Imagine yourself being the lone person with a corpse of someone who is dear to you. What do you do when you are all alone but still have to cremate the deceased with respect to the societal procedures? This is what Aleksandr Sokurov wanted to show to the audience.
The Second Circle (Krug Vtoroy) (1990) often gets hidden behind some of the more popular movies by Sokurov like Russian Ark (2002) or Faust (2011). It makes it hard to find the movie on any popular streaming platforms. But luckily you can watch the movie here.
The movie takes place in the backdrop of a remote Siberian Soviet era town. All the colours are monotone. It's either grey or sepia tone with a tinge of red here and there. The movie begins with the descent of the protagonist in a heavy blizzard. Everything goes quiet after that.
Music is not the main element in the movie to bring about emotions. The di Alexander sokurov!