Once of the most acclaimed films of all time, Mirror is Andrei Tarkovsky's non-linear meditation on memory, history, dreams, and life and culture in the Soviet Union. As a dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, and personal moments, his dreams begin to collide with the collective memories of the Soviet people.
Presented as part of our Talking Pictures series. Join filmmaker Terrance Odette and cinema programmer Wendy Guymer-Tutt for a post-screening discussion!
"An essential film, an extraordinarily beautiful movie" - Village Voice
"The Mirror recreates the world of Tarkovsky's childhood in a flow of unforgettable images: a burning barn, a levitating woman, a boy being cured of a stutter by a hypnotist, a bird fluttering against a window pane." - Toronto International Film Festival
"Largely dismissed by Soviet critics on its release because of its elusive narrative structure, Mirror has since taken its place as one of the director’s most renowned and influential works, a stunning personal statement from an artist transmitting his innermost thoughts and feelings directly from psyche to screen." - Criterion Collection
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