Nostalgia
Russian poet Andrei Gorchakov journeys through Italy with his interpreter Eugenia to research the life of an 18th-centur...
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.
Andrei Tarkovsky
Delia Boccardo
Milena Vukotić
Erland Josephson
Domiziana Giordano
Piero Vida
Oleg Yankovskiy
Patrizia Terreno
Genres: Romance, Drama
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.
Cast
Andrei Tarkovsky
Director
Delia Boccardo
Domenico's Wife
Milena Vukotić
Civil Servant
Erland Josephson
Domenico
Domiziana Giordano
Eugenia
Piero Vida
Actor
Oleg Yankovskiy
Andrei Gorchakov
Patrizia Terreno
Andrei's Wife
Laura De Marchi
Chambermaid
Raffaele Di Mario
Actor
Rate Furlan
Actor
Livio Galassi
Actor
Elena Magoia
Actor
Renzo Rossellini
Executive Producer
Manolo Bolognini
Executive Producer