Like Father, Like Son Ending Explained: What Happened and Why?

What Happens at the End of Like Father, Like Son?

Boris works as a geography teacher in an ordinary Khabarovsk school. His life is pretty routine. In addition to the school and the garden, Boris has a son, Misha, with whom they have been communicating less and less lately and have become distant people for each other. Everything changes when Misha gives his father his old smartphone for his birthday. Boris begins to understand the phone and registers in social networks. Accidentally, Boris adds one unfamiliar woman named Nadezhda as a friend. An active correspondence is tied up, which subsequently becomes fateful. At one point, Boris decides to go to Nadezhda in the Moscow region to surprise her. He persuades his son, who is engaged in hauling cars, to take him with him on a trip. During a joint trip through all of Russia, old conflicts between father and son are revealed, the reasons for their separation from each other are clarified.

Ivan Sosnin's narrative builds toward a resolution centered on Yevgeni Syty (Boris)'s journey. His life is pretty routine.

How Does Yevgeni Syty (Boris)'s Story End?

• Yevgeni Syty: Yevgeni Syty's storyline wraps up in the final act, though some viewers have found the resolution more ambiguous than expected.
• Philipp Avdeev (Micha): Philipp Avdeev's role in the climax proves pivotal to how the central conflict resolves.
• Ekaterina Ageeva (Macha): Ekaterina Ageeva's character undergoes a significant shift in the final act.

What Does the Ending of Like Father, Like Son Mean?

The ending of Like Father, Like Son brings the narrative to a close, though viewer reception has been mixed. The resolution of Yevgeni Syty's story may not satisfy all audiences.