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A Balasaur Score of 80 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 88%, Metacritic 74/100. Scores higher than 92% of the 1,345 1980s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Russian poet Andrei Gorchakov journeys through Italy with his interpreter Eugenia to research the life of an 18th-century Russian composer who once lived abroad. Isolated and consumed by an unrelenting longing for his homeland, Andrei becomes drawn to Domenico, a radical mystic obsessed with spiritual redemption. Through austere imagery and extended temporal rhythms, Tarkovsky examines exile, memory, and the profound melancholy of being unable to belong fully to either place or language.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Metacritic74/100
621 audience votes
Key crew
- Tonino GuerraScreenplay
- Andrei TarkovskyDirector
- Andrei TarkovskyScreenplay
Cast
- Oleg YankovskiyAndrei Gorchakov
- Erland JosephsonDomenico
- Domiziana GiordanoEugenia
- Patrizia TerrenoAndrei's Wife
- Laura De MarchiChambermaid
- Delia BoccardoDomenico's Wife
- Milena VukotićCivil Servant
- Raffaele Di MarioCast
- Rate FurlanCast
- Livio GalassiCast
- Elena MagoiaCast
- Piero VidaCast
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Themes
dreamsitalycrisismemorymadnessimmolation
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