Nostalgia
1983 · directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
- Rating
- 80/100
- Hit
- yes
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.
Nostalgia (1983), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, rates 80/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Oleg Yankovsky
- Erland Josephson
- Domiziana Giordano
- Patrizia Terreno
- Laura De Marchi
- Delia Boccardo
- Milena Vukotić
- Raffaele Di Mario
- Rate Furlan
- Livio Galassi
Crew
- Giuseppe Lanci — Director of Photography
- Amedeo Salfa — Editor
- Erminia Marani — Editor
- Andrei Tarkovsky — Screenplay
- Tonino Guerra — Screenplay
More from Andrei Tarkovsky
- Andrei Rublev (1966) — 98/100 · hit
- Stalker (1979) — 97/100 · hit
- Mirror (1975) — 96/100 · hit
- Solaris (1972) — 88/100 · hit
- Ivan's Childhood (1962) — 87/100 · hit
- The Sacrifice (1986) — 81/100 · hit
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