Zerkalo (1975)

	Also Known As: The mirror
	Year of first release: 1975
	Director: Andrei Tarkowskiy
	Actors: Margarita Terekhova, Ignat Daniltsev, Oleg Yankowskiy
	Country: SU
	Genre: Drama
	Conditions of visioning: 06.01.2015, DVD, Russian version with English subtitles
Synopsis: The thoughts, emotions and memories of Alexei, or Alyosha (Daniltsev), and the world around him as a child, adolescent, and forty-year-old. His mother (Terekhova), the war, personal moments. The adult Alexei is only briefly glimpsed, but is present as a voice-over in some scenes including substantial dialogue and lecture of poetry written by Tarkowskiy's father.
Review: It is a very personal movie. This is clear. The format is very personal as well, without respecting chronology, mixing colour, black and white and sepia. Out of this, we understand that Tarkowskiy loved his parents. But the movie does not light much emotion in me. I felt bored. But I have to admit that the story telling was very creative. Terekhova is actually the main character because she is present all along the movie. She also acting well her role. The read poetry slows down thealready slow rythm of the movie and sometimes gives the real rythm. Is might be the language that did not allow me to feel better the sounds and text. This does not complete yet my retrospective of Tarkowskiy moviesand actually makes me feel that his movies are good to learn the cinematographic form but not the story telling.
Rating: 4 /10