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The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky

1988 · 135 min

A slow, sorrowful portrait of a great artist's final years, heavy with homesickness and mortality.

Overview
A documentary about the life of Andrei Tarkovsky in exile in Western Europe including Italy, Sweden, Germany and France until his sad demise to a fatal cancer.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • isolation
  • death
  • identity
  • grief
Places
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism9
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Ebbo Demant
Starring
Andrei Tarkovsky, Larisa Tarkovskaya, Erland Josephson, Andrey A. Tarkovsky, Arseny Tarkovsky, Andriosha Tarkovsky, Maurizio Banchetti, Alberto Barberi
Cinematography
Jürgen Bolz
Runtime
135 min
Country
Germany
Languages
Russian, German, Italian, French, Swedish, English

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