Country:Russia

Director:Andrei Tarkovsky

Program:World Parallel

Summary:

This drama is about the life of Andrei Rublev, the great 15th century Russian icon painter during a turbulent period of Russian history is about believe and faith.

Country:Russia

Director:Andrei Tarkovsky

Program:Parallel Pathways

Summary:

Andrei Tarkovsky now stands as one of the most well regarded directors in history. The Mirror has no apparent plot. Instead it rhythmically combines contemporary scenes and the reminiscences of a dying man with childhood memories during World War II, recollections of a painful divorce in the family and newsreel footage. At various points in the film poems by Tarkovsky's father, Arseny Tarkovsky, are recited. The loose flow of visually oneiric images has been compared to the stream of consciousness technique in literature.