A Russian poet and his interpreter travel to Italy researching the life of an 18th-century composer, and instead meet a ruminative madman who tells the poet how the world may be saved.
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- AngusMcNutzAugust 1, 2025As is evident after viewing even a single film of his, it's clear that each of Tarkovsky's works has an overarching agenda to them aside from constructed narrative. A direct objective to induce specific (usually melancholy) emotion, enabling it to brew to an uncomfortable degree in the viewer's mind and then seeing how that emotion morphs further interpretation. With 𝘕𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘨𝘩𝘪𝘢, that journey is uncompromising and intensely hypnotic. Probably the most accessible of Tarkovsky's films, 𝘕𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘨𝘩𝘪𝘢 buries you in existential angst and dream-like progression, begging you to let yourself be swallowed into the void that it is desperately trying to kick you into. To be clear, this is its strength. Simultaneously bathing you with beautiful slow zooms, meticulous design and tonal dissonance, this film truly encapsulates the knowledge that the absence of explanation lets your mind wander in the best possible way.
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Nostalgia was released on June 2, 1983.
Nostalgia was directed by Andrei Tarkovsky.
Nostalgia has a runtime of 2h 4m.
Nostalgia was produced by Daniel Toscan du Plantier.
A Russian poet and his interpreter travel to Italy researching the life of an 18th-century composer, and instead meet a ruminative madman who tells the poet how the world may be saved.
The key characters in Nostalgia are Andrei Gorchakov (Oleg Yankovskiy), Domenico (Erland Josephson), Eugenia (Domiziana Giordano).
Nostalgia is rated Not Rated.
Nostalgia is a Drama, Romance film.
Nostalgia has an audience rating of 9 out of 10.
Nostalgia had a budget of $875K.
Nostalgia has made $312K at the box office.