Cinema
Andrei Rublev
Андрей Рублёв
Andrei Tarkovsky · 1966
Synopsis
At the beginning of the fifteenth century, three icon-painter monks, Andrei Rublev, Daniil the Black and Kirill, travel across Russia looking for work. They watch the act of a jester, whom soldiers come to arrest. Kirill pays a visit to the master Theophanes the Greek, who is finishing an icon of Christ; but it is Rublev whom Theophanes calls, in 1405, to decorate the Church of the Annunciation in Moscow with him. The film follows the painter through a Russia given over to violence and Tatar invasions.
Context
The cinematography is by Vadim Yusov and the music by Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov; the director wrote the screenplay with Andrei Konchalovsky. Anatoly Solonitsyn plays Rublev, with Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Grinko and Nikolai Burlyayev. The narrative, opened by a prologue, is divided into eight episodes dated from 1400 to 1423 and ends on colour images of the painter's icons. Completed in 1966 at Mosfilm, the film was screened only once in Moscow that year and was not released in the Soviet Union until 24 December 1971.
Who it is for
A film of about three hours, in episodes, for those interested in Russian history and the place of the artist.
Prizes and reception
International Critics' Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1969, where it was shown out of competition.
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