Father

Alexander Sokurov returns to documentary filmmaking with a portrait of his father, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War. The camera becomes an instrument of quiet confession, capturing not loud war memories but the daily rituals of an old man — morning tea, a walk in the park, silent contemplation of the garden. The 2025 film transforms a personal history into a meditative reflection on time, memory, and the unspoken bond between father and son. Sokurov avoids interviews and voiceover, trusting the image and sound — the rustle of leaves, the creak of floorboards, quiet breathing. This is documentary cinema as a form of attention, where the main event is the very presence of a person before the lens.