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Nostalghia

1983

Andrei Tarkovsky

Oleg Yankovskiy, Erland Josephson, Domiziana Giordano, Patrizia Terreno ...

7.8

4,867

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.

	Author	Review
Spain	Pablo Kurt FilmAffinity	The critic from the Financial Times wrote about this masterpiece: "Spectacular, astonishing... The nearest to poetry that Cinema can ever aspire."	POS
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"Andrei Tarkovsky may well be a film poet."	POS
United States	J. Hoberman Village Voice	"A glorious visual experience"	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"The film is lovely but punishingly slow, packed with imagery that seems at once hopelessly obscure and crushingly obvious"	NEU
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Empire	"A hauntingly beautiful film (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Kalvin Henely Slant	"It’s within these 'difficult' durational scenarios that Tarkovsky manages to elucidate something resembling spirituality (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Joshua Rothkopf Time Out	"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)"	POS
United States	Alan Scherstuhl Village Voice	"There’s much sublimity and—possibly, depending on how comfortable you are leaving the house without your phone—some boredom."	NEU
United States	Matthew Guerrieri Boston Globe	"[It] embodies its title’s seductive, unhurried corrosion (...) The film’s symbolism is pervasive and elemental"	POS

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