Movie

Nostalghia

1983 · 124 min

A slow, hypnotic plunge into homesickness and spiritual longing, where images linger and time stretches into something almost sacred.

Overview: Russian poet Andrei Gorchakov journeys through Italy with his interpreter Eugenia to research the life of an 18th-century Russian composer who once lived abroad. Isolated and consumed by an unrelenting longing for his homeland, Andrei becomes drawn to Domenico, a radical mystic obsessed with spiritual redemption. Through austere imagery and extended temporal rhythms, Tarkovsky examines exile, memory, and the profound melancholy of being unable to belong fully to either place or language.
How it feels: Melancholic, eerie, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, identity, faith, memory
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
identity
faith
memory
art
Places: countryside
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild