Reverse Motion (2011)

A mother is informed that her only son, who is serving in a military combat zone, has gone missing in action. After a short while, the mother takes in a homeless immigrant boy, not realizing that she has already decided the fate of her returning son. Set in a bleak industrial zone of a weary provincial Russian town and tackling the themes of motherhood, war, grief, and sibling rivalry, the film is a powerful emotional portrait of a shocked consciousness and the uselessness of individually and politically orchestrated violence. Cast: Vladislav Abashin, Olga Demidova, Nikita Emshanov, Aleksandr Plaksin, Darya Gracheva Directed by: Andrei Stempkovsky