Soviet, 1905; a mother finds herself caught in an emotional conflict between her husband and son when they find themselves on opposite sides of a worker’s strike. The son is a supporter of the workers but the father has been blackmailed into supporting the bosses and blacklegs. Despite the grief which follows, the mother gradually comes to support the strikers and eventually is prepared to risk everything in standing up to police and Cossak troops in a demonstration endangering both herself and her precious son. THE MOTHER is a masterpiece, considered one of the most personal and poetic films in the history of Russian film.

This silent classic will be presented with new electronic music composed and performed by Tromsø artists Aggie Peterson and Per Martinsen, and Russian artist Sergey Suokas. This show had premiere at Tromsø International Film Festival last January and will also be performed at the PUNKT festival in Kristiansand, Norway and in St. Petersburg, Petrozavodsk and Archangelsk, Russia.

Norwegian musicians Aggie Peterson (FROST) and Per Martinsen (MENTAL OVERDRIVE, FROST, ILLUMINATION) have both been a part of the innovative electronica scene in Tromsø, and Per is known within the genre as the mentor and the godfather for the whole Norwegian electronic underground. Sergey Suokas aka SUOKAS/SLOW, is an electronica artist from Petrozavodsk, Russia, where he has established an important role within the electronic music scene. Together these three musicians worked on composing new music for THE MOTHER at the Tromsø International Film Festival last January. Per Martinsen also attended at Silent Film Days in Tromsø with music for THE MAN WITH THE MOVIE CAMERA in 2006.