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Andreij Tarkovskij in Nostalghia

Original title

Nostalghia

Year

1983

Running time

125 min.

Country

Italy

Director

Andrei Tarkovsky

Screenwriter

Andrei Tarkovsky, Tonino Guerra

Cast

Music

Claude Debussy

Cinematography

Giuseppe Lanci

Producer

Co-production Italy-Soviet Union (USSR);

Opera Film Produzione, Rai Due

Genre

Drama | Psychological Drama

Synopsis

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.

Rankings Position

#23 Best Italian Movies of all time
#23 Best Movies of the '80s

Awards: 1983: Cannes Film Festival: Best Director, Ecumenic Jury Prize, FIPRESCI Award

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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."

Pablo Kurt: FilmAffinity
"Andrei Tarkovsky may well be a film poet."

Vincent Canby: The New York Times
"A glorious visual experience"

J. Hoberman: Village Voice
"The film is lovely but punishingly slow, packed with imagery that seems at once hopelessly obscure and crushingly obvious"

Dave Kehr: Chicago Reader
"A hauntingly beautiful film (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

David Parkinson: Empire
"It’s within these 'difficult' durational scenarios that Tarkovsky manages to elucidate something resembling spirituality (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Kalvin Henely: Slant
"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)"

Joshua Rothkopf: Time Out
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51 My Favorite Italian Movies (39)

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