For me, I had to watch this movie several times to understand what I was seeing, and what I personally was feeling also. Such a wonderful film visually, emotionally. So dream-like,with a hazy golden light I found very soothing and comforting as well. The men, especially the Father are so handsome, even beautiful, so much so it is hard to concentrate on everything going on with them and around them. What I saw was interdependence, profound love, duty, and the desire to hold on to each other at all costs if possible. The father going to the boys school, just to see him, was an excuse to let his son know he was still around and wanting his son not to forget him.The girlfriend knew, just as the boys mother did, that this young man would let no one come between his father and him, not even her. So she quit him. To save face, and not acknowledge publicly what she said, he accuses her of having another man in her life. She has had enough, and will not fight for his love anymore. What I saw with the young man who came to inquire about his missing father, was a threat to the movie fathers son emotionally,in the sons mind, so much so, the son made it very clear to this visiting boy he would not tolerate it, and made physical and veiled threats to him. The son even went with this boy to make sure he left until next summer, even taking him to a strange part of town to confuse him as to where he lived.Sasha meant nothing to the son, just an excuse to the make the father jealous. The sons stare at his father told his father that the missing boys father would not be a long staying guest. Not if he could help it. His dad was going no where, that was the message on the bed while talking with his dad. I believe for the son, he was profoundly aware of, and accepting of his lust for his father. It's clear to me that's what I saw. Is he in love with his father, who knows. His lust, his desire, his possession of his father, will as alluded to at the end of the movie make his heart break all his life. He finally understood this, as the father did as well. As for the father, I think he has a profound love for his son, nothing more. He would keep his son forever with him if he could. I believe physically living together or emotionally in their hearts, no one will ever separate the two. They are forever together, never truly apart.
Review of Father and Son
