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.
Andrei Tarkovsky
Director
Oleg Yankovskiy
Andrei Gorchakov
Erland Josephson
Domenico
Domiziana Giordano
Eugenia
Patrizia Terreno
Andrei's Wife
Laura De Marchi
Chambermaid
Delia Boccardo
Domenico's Wife
Milena Vukotić
Civil Servant
Raffaele Di Mario
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Marty74%
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Hereafter61%
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Safe Haven72%
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Untamed Heart68%
Life in a Year82%
