
Overview
Russian poet Andrei Gorchakov journeys through Italy with his interpreter Eugenia to research the life of an 18th-century Russian composer who once lived abroad. Isolated and consumed by an unrelenting longing for his homeland, Andrei becomes drawn to Domenico, a radical mystic obsessed with spiritual redemption. Through austere imagery and extended temporal rhythms, Tarkovsky examines exile, memory, and the profound melancholy of being unable to belong fully to either place or language.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Cannes Best Director Award (1983)
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Box office
Grossed $312K worldwide against a $875K budget
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Inspired by
Inspired by Galia Shabanova
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Setting
Set in Rome and Bagno Vignoni
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Music
Music by Claude Debussy
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Giuseppe Lanci
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Andrei TarkovskyScreenplay
- Tonino GuerraScreenplay
- Original title
- Ностальгия
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 1, 1983
- Original language
- Russian
- Budget
- $875K
- Revenue
- $311.7K
- Countries
- Italy, Soviet Union
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