Meeting Andrei Tarkovsky (2008)

5.2/10 • 90 min • Documentary

Overview

In honor of the twentieth anniversary of Andrei Tarkovsky's death, student filmmaker Dmitry Tarkovsky sets out in search of his favorite director's legacy. His journey leads him to fifteen moving interviews in California, Italy, Sweden, and finally, Russia as he attempts to come closer to the meaning of one of Tarkovsky's most enigmatic beliefs... that death doesn't exist.

Cast

Andrei Tarkovsky

Self (archive footage)

Vyacheslav Ivanov

Domiziana Giordano

Donatella Baglivo

Self

Krzysztof Zanussi

Self

Erland Josephson

Ilya Khrzhanovsky

Self

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