A mother chases ghosts across Russia to find a son who may not want saving.
In Los Angeles, Dr. Sarah Hathaway hired private eyes trying to find her missing son, the painter Thomas, who ran away from their home ten years ago after a quarrel with her. She finds a clue in a catalog of a panting exhibition in San Petersburg and she decides to travel alone to Russia to search for Thomas. Once there, she is not able to locate him and she has a nervous breakdown, but with the support of Dr. Ivan and helped by a street boy, she discloses what happened with her son.
Acting
Anne Archer commits to the unhinged mother spiral
Cinematography
St. Petersburg looks gorgeously miserable
Director
Nikolay Lebedev
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was a rare English-language production from Russian director Nikolay Lebedev, better known for his WWII epic 'The Star'.
The film was barely released outside Eastern Europe and quietly disappeared, which honestly fits its themes of people vanishing without closure.
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