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Retrospective
Lauras Tip

Soljaris

FromAndrei Tarkowski

WithNatalja Bondartschuk, Donatas Banionis, Juri Jarwet, Olga Barnet

Year1972

Duration167min.

LanguageRussian

Psychologist Kelvin is sent to a space station orbiting the planet Solaris, where inexplicable things have been happening. Upon arrival, he finds the place in complete disarray. Only two members of the original crew remain—the others have died under mysterious circumstances. One morning, a woman appears before him who is the spitting image of his wife, who passed away many years ago…

In Tarkovsky’s philosophical fable, the deepest desires, fears, and memories of the characters take physical form. Yet at their core, they are all yearning for spiritual redemption. As Tarkovsky himself put it: “I stand for an art that gives people hope and faith. The more hopeless the world a filmmaker portrays, the more clearly he may allow us to sense the ideal that stands in contrast to it.” (Florian Widegger)