Andrei Tarkovsky's acclaimed epic about the life, times and afflictions of 15th century Russian iconographer St. Andrei Rublev.
Andrei Rublev (Anatoli Solonitsyn) lives in a world consumed by feudal violence and human degradation, and the turmoil he sees all about him makes him lose the will to speak. After many years of silent travelling around medieval Russia, he meets a young boy who has taken charge of the construction of a large silver bell and in him discovers the inspiration to speak again and possibly to even return to being an icon painter again. This is a cerebral epic that filters challenging ideas through a grand scope - forming a moving thesis on art, faith and the sweep of history. It is a brilliantly fashioned fresco of 15th century Russia. ‘Perfection lingers in each frame as Tarkovsky crafts one of the finest films ever made, an ecstatic story about art that has little interest in the artist himself, but in the power of art to transcend the age that produces it’. BBC.com. (Subtitles)
USSR 1966 Andrei Tarkovsky 205m + intermission
