Nostalghia

Name: Nostalghia
Genre: Drama
Released: January 8, 1984
Duration: 125 min
Rating: 74
Cast: Delia Boccardo, Domiziana Giordano, Erland Josephson, Laura De Marchi, Livio Galassi

1984

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Grange Communications Inc. | Release Date: January 8, 1984 | Not Rated

Starring: Delia Boccardo, Domiziana Giordano, Erland Josephson, Laura De Marchi, Livio Galassi, Milena Vukotic, Oleg Yankovskiy, Patrizia Terreno, Raffaele Di Mario, Rate Furlan

Summary: Andrei Tarkovsky explained that in Russian the word "nostalghia" conveys "the love for your homeland and the melancholy that arises from being far away." This debilitating form of homesickness is embodied in the film by Andrei (Oleg Yankovsky), a Russian intellectual doing research in Italy. He becomes obsessed with the Botticelli-likeAndrei Tarkovsky explained that in Russian the word "nostalghia" conveys "the love for your homeland and the melancholy that arises from being far away." This debilitating form of homesickness is embodied in the film by Andrei (Oleg Yankovsky), a Russian intellectual doing research in Italy. He becomes obsessed with the Botticelli-like beauty of his translator Eugenia (Domiziana Giordano), as well as with the apocalyptic ramblings of a self-destructive wanderer named Domenico (Erland Josephson). [Kino Lorber]… Expand

Director: Andrei Tarkovsky

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 125 min

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Kalvin Henely

Perhaps Tarkovsky’s most opaque film, Nostalghia is nonetheless one of his most personal. Read full review

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Alan Scherstuhl

Stick with it. There are shocking acts that rupture the stillness, and then there’s one of cinema’s great endings, Read full review

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Josh Larsen

Nostalghia is further evidence that Andrei Tarkovsky might not be a filmmaker, but a sorcerer. Read full review

Scott Tobias

Much of the film is difficult to understand—as with many poems, its meanings are so personal that they’re often cryptic—but Gorchakov’s (and Tarkovsky’s) displacement comes through powerfully in lonely rooms and in tracking shots that give the impression of a soul adrift. Read full review

Empire David Parkinson

A hauntingly beautiful film. Read full review

AMac

Tarkovsky remains as much a metaphysician as anything else, and Nostalgia isn't an entertainment but an article of faith. Read full review

Vincent Canby

Loveliness, I'm afraid, is really what this movie is all about. Read full review

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