Complete credited cast: | |||
Oleg Yankovskiy | ... | Andrei Gorchakov (as Oleg Jankovsky) | |
Erland Josephson | ... | Domenico | |
Domiziana Giordano | ... | Eugenia | |
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Patrizia Terreno | ... | Andrei's Wife |
Laura De Marchi | ... | Chambermaid | |
Delia Boccardo | ... | Domenico's Wife | |
Milena Vukotic | ... | Civil Servant | |
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Raffaele Di Mario | ||
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Rate Furlan | ||
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Livio Galassi | ||
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Elena Magoia | ||
Piero Vida |
The Russian poet Andrei Gorchakov, accompanied by guide and translator Eugenia, is traveling through Italy researching the life of an 18th-century Russian composer. In an ancient spa town, he meets the lunatic Domenico, who years earlier had imprisoned his own family in his house for seven years to save them from the evils of the world. Seeing some deep truth in Domenico's act, Andrei becomes drawn to him. In a series of dreams, the poet's nostalgia for his homeland and his longing for his wife, his ambivalent feelings for Eugenia and Italy, and his sense of kinship with Domenico become intertwined. Written by Anonymous and Brian McInnis
Previous critical comments about Nostalgia include 'the nearest to poetry that cinema can ever aspire'. There is nothing more one can add, this comment sums it up totally. I would say that this film is different every time I watch it, it's more than poetry, it's hypnotic to the state of Tarkovsky casting a spell on the viewer.