Cinema
Mirror
Зеркало
Andrei Tarkovsky · 1975
Synopsis
In a country house, before the war, a young woman whose husband has left is waiting; a doctor passing through stops to talk to her. The film then interweaves three periods, the pre-war, the war and the post-war, through the memories of a middle-aged man, Alexei, of whom we only hear the voice: his childhood with his mother, then his own life, his former wife Natalia and their son Ignat. Newsreel images mingle with the memories.
Context
The director wrote the screenplay with Alexander Mishurin; the photography is by Georgi Rerberg, the music by Eduard Artemyev, and the poet Arseny Tarkovsky, the filmmaker's father, recites his own poems in it. Margarita Terekhova plays two roles, the mother and the former wife; Innokenty Smoktunovsky lends his voice to the narrator, and Oleg Yankovsky plays the father. Produced by Mosfilm, the film was released on 7 March 1975.
Who it is for
A film of about an hour and three quarters, with no continuous plot, for those willing to let the images guide them.
Prizes and reception
The authorities granted it only 73 prints, in the second distribution category.
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