It is a great film by a great director.Kira Muratova has never been given her due in the Soviet and post-Soviet Russia.In the "Long Good Bye" she depicts a seemingly banal story of a jealous and possessive mother (brilliantly acted by Zinaida Sharko) and her poor aloof and lonely son (the only cinematic role by the talented O. Vladimirsky). The story - which is nothing extraordinary in itself - grows into the wonderful and frightening analysis of alienation between genders and generations on the background of the even more frighteningly bleak and dehumanized Soviet reality.Kira Muratova shows the tiny details of everyday Soviet life,and, again , banal as they are ,they are a hair-raising horror.The dialogue is deliberately laconic and void of any sense, showing the ever-growing people's inability to communicate and understand each other.The sound track ( by another under-estimated talent, Oleg Karavaichuk)adds to the atmosphere of hopeless and meaningless existence.Of course,Sasha (the name of the protagonist),will leave his despotic ( but loving!) mother sooner or later, but where for? (c) 

本部影片讲述老妇人安吉拉（黛纽塔·辛波斯卡 Danuta Szaflarska饰）在临去世前几天与世隔绝的日常生活。这冷清孤单的世界里，既有她对死亡的恐惧，也有她记忆中曾经的幸福与梦想。与老人相伴的只有她唤作“Phlia”的小狗，安吉拉喃喃自语，自问自答。她一心挂念着自己的儿子，可最终也没能相见。在死亡悄然逼近的时候，安吉拉总是望向窗外的秋千，好像回到了从前的快乐日子。在宁静的摇曳着怀旧情怀的黑白光影里，影片默默地记录着老人最后的弥留时光。 影片荣获2007年波兰电影节观众奖、最佳女主角、最佳音响、影评人奖。