Nostalghia
4,876
Drama
It tells the story of a Russian poet, Andrei Gorchakov (Oleg Yankovsky) who travels to Italy to conduct research for an opera libretto he is writing. Andrei is apparently oblivious to his beautiful translator and the wonders of Italy, instead dwelling on memories of Russia. Things start to change when he encounters Domenico, a somewhat unstable man who has kept his family locked up for seven years while waiting the end of the world.
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The critic from the Financial Times wrote about this masterpiece: "Spectacular, astonishing... The nearest to poetry that Cinema can ever aspire." | ||||
"Andrei Tarkovsky may well be a film poet." | ||||
"A glorious visual experience" | ||||
"The film is lovely but punishingly slow, packed with imagery that seems at once hopelessly obscure and crushingly obvious" | ||||
"A hauntingly beautiful film (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" | ||||
"It’s within these 'difficult' durational scenarios that Tarkovsky manages to elucidate something resembling spirituality (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)" | ||||
"No one makes movies like this anymore (...) It’s a mood piece that makes you feel like you’re drowning in high-grade art swill (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" | ||||
"There’s much sublimity and—possibly, depending on how comfortable you are leaving the house without your phone—some boredom." | ||||
"[It] embodies its title’s seductive, unhurried corrosion (...) The film’s symbolism is pervasive and elemental" |
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