New and Improved subs!
Copy and paste what I posted in the comments below into notepad and save as a SRT file. They are much better than the VOBsubs.

Aleksandr Sokurov - Mat i syn AKA Mother and Son (1997) 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119711/

Language	Russian
Subtitles	included: English and Bulgarian sub/idx 
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[QUOTE]In festival circles, Russian director Alexander Sokurov has long been dubbed the next Andrei Tarkovsky (Solaris, Andrei Rublev), but Mother And Son, his 14th feature, is his first to attract much attention in the U.S. Given the stubborn pacing of the film—which makes everything the famously deliberate Tarkovsky directed look like The Cannonball Run by comparison—it's hardly surprising that distributors have balked in the past. But once you adjust to Sokurov's spare effects and measured cutting, the haunting, unforgettable images in Mother And Son leave no doubt as to why he's considered one of the world's premier film artists. The clean-lined, economical story concerns an anguished young man (the sad-eyed Alexi Ananishnov) so devoted to his dying mother (Gunrun Geyer) that he refuses to accept the inevitable. Isolated from the rest of society, save for the occasional train passing in the distance, he spends long days carrying her across the idyllic landscape outside their cottage, stalling frequently from the burden. There are times when the action stalls in turn, as Sokurov wipes away the already scant dialogue and movement and the film becomes more like an especially vibrant painting. Using special, hand-painted filters and distorting lenses that flatten the characters against their surroundings (and each other), Sokurov creates a hazy, muted visual texture that lends his melancholy story uncommon intimacy and power. Some have found this cinematic museum piece interminably dull, but for those willing to ride out its eccentricities, Mother And Son is a unique, rewarding experience.[/QUOTE] 
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ripping notes:
DGindex reported this as NTSC interlaced, but surely it was a transcode. However due to the nature of this film I was unable to find any sequence where I was able to confirm that when I made test rips, so I ended up doing what I thought was right, restoring to 25FPS. The quality factor is twice the previous rip.

The English subs could use a little attention if someone wants to take the time, but even with no subs at all this film would have the same impact...and if it you aren't moved by it, you have no soul.

~~~~~~ Mat i syn.avi ~~~~~~                                    
                                                             
File Size (in bytes):...........................942,331,904                    
                                                                               
--- Video Information ---                                                      
Video Codec Name:...............................XviD ISO MPEG-4              
Duration (hh:mm:ss):............................1:08:28                
Frame Count:....................................102696            
Frame Width (pixels):...........................624                  
Frame Height (pixels):..........................400                  
Aspect Ratio:...................................1.560                    
Frames Per Second:..............................25.000          
Video Bitrate (kbps):...........................1633                
......MPEG-4......B-VOP........................                    
Quality Factor (bits/pixel)/frame:..............0.262"                    
                                                                               
--- Audio Information ---                                                      
Audio Codec:....................................0x2000 (Dolby AC3) AC3                  
Audio Sample Rate (Hz):.........................48000            
Audio Bitrate(kbps):............................192                
Audio Bitrate Type ("CBR" or "VBR"):............CBR            
Audio Channel Count:............................2

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