Fresh
Tarkovsky's speculative visions enfold the mysteries of death and rebirth, the lost paradise of childhood, the power of art to define identity, the menace of science as destructive vanity ...
Richard Brody, New Yorker
Solaris
The planet where nightmares come true…
1972 · 2h 47m · PG
Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction
Directed by
Andrei Tarkovsky
Overview
A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out repressed memories and obsessions.
Director and cast
- Andrei Tarkovsky Director
- Natalya Bondarchuk as Hari
- Donatas Banionis as Kris Kelvin
- Jüri Järvet as Dr. Snaut
- Vladislav Dvorzhetsky as Henri Berton
- Mykola Hrynko as Kelvin's Father
- Anatoliy Solonitsyn as Dr. Sartorius
- Olga Barnet as Kelvin's Mother
- Vitalik Kerdimun as Henri Berton's Son
- Olga Kizilova as Guest of Dr. Gibarian
- Tatyana Malykh as Kris Kelvin's Niece
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
92%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The effects are scanty, the drama gloomy, the philosophy of the film thick as a cloud of ozone. The plot is not all that original either.
Jay Cocks, TIME Magazine
Fresh
More an exploration of inner than of outer space, Tarkovsky's eerie mystic parable is given substance by the filmmaker's boldly original grasp of film language and the remarkable performances by all the principals.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
It's a smart response to the superficial excesses of the sci-fi genre.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Fresh
This complex and sometimes very beautiful film is about humanity but hardly at all about politics.
Richard Eder, New York Times
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