The Sacrifice

The Sacrifice

The final film of Andrei Tarkovsky

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Release Date

5/9/1986

Runtime

149 mins

Genres

Overview

Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun.

Status

Released

Original Language

Swedish

Budget

-

Revenue

$1,095,380

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A meditative reckoning with apocalypse and meaning that unfolds with agonizing slowness, where a man's desperate faith becomes the only currency left to spend. It's a haunting, spiritual examination of what we might give up to save the world, or ourselves.

Mood

ContemplativeDread-soakedMelancholicWistful

Themes

MortalityFaithFamilyObsession

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Meditative

Look

PainterlyLong takesNaturalistic

Structure

Single location

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