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The Mirror

Released Jan 1, 1975

1h 48m

Drama

Biography

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Using a nonlinear structure interlaced with dreams and flashbacks, director Andrei Tarkovsky creates a stream-of-consciousness meditation on war, memory and time that draws heavily on events from his own life. Tarkovsky's film alter ego is Alexei (Ignat Daniltsev), a dying man in his 40s whose commonplace interactions with his wife (Margarita Terekhova) and children summon up a host of memories, ranging from his parents' divorce to his time on the battlefields of World War II.

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Adam Kempenaar

Filmspotting

Tarkovsky exhibits an unmatched ability to transform the mundane into the miraculous.

Rated: 4.5/5

May 12, 2023

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Kate Muir

Times (UK)

The Mirror deserves a big-screen viewing, with its smorgasbord of memories in dream, drama and newsreel form from the life of a dying poet.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 15, 2015

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Anthony Lane

New Yorker

The smallest details (a stammering child, the wrinkle in the turned page of a book) stick like burrs, and we are left to wonder if any director has delved with more modesty and honesty into the heartbreak of the past.

Aug 4, 2015

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Dave Giannini

InSession Film

Tarkovsky's most difficult, and possible, most personal work.

Rated: A

Feb 28, 2024

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Josh Larsen

LarsenOnFilm

...offers mesmerizing moments when something indefinable penetrates the mundanity.

Rated: 4/4

Apr 28, 2023

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Brian Susbielles

InSession Film

Andrei Tarkovsky’s sensational mid-career picture is a tapestry of different stories connected in one.

Feb 28, 2023

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Alejandro E

Like Swedish cinema, this example of Soviet cinema is built on symbolism. Example? That we are the mirror of other individuals, and vice versa. The fact that it is difficult to digest does not prevent you from savoring it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/26/24

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Anne D

One word : masterpiece

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/28/24

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Suruga D

realy good cinematography, but to hard to understand

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/10/23

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Dani G

I really don't know what I think... It's a Tarkovsky film, so it's understandable

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/24/23

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Audience Member

Tarkovsky has not been for me, really. As much as I found "Solaris" to be a brilliant, profound film, I have not been impressed in any similar way by the other two films of his I've seen. I found both "Stalker" and "The Mirror" to be tedious, uninteresting films. If a 90-some minute movie feels more like two hours (at least) or more, then something's not happening for me; namely, my invested attention. I will work to try and undertand what the main idea(s) a director and screenwriter may be trying to express, but only so much. If I find I'm trying to convince myself something is good (or great) due to where it generally falls on critics' lists or the like, then I know I'm off the rails. Or more likely for me, the movie is. I found "The Mirror" to be too disjointed, nebulous, with characters that didn't grow/develop, and that I didn't much care about. I've read about what Tarkovsky was trying to express about time and memory, how it's meant to be somewhat dreamlike and stream of conscious. But ultimately it was a lot of eye candy, which, like actual candy, can be enjoyable in the moment, but ultimately leaves you unsatisfied. It just didn't work for me. That may be more about my mental functions, but I stand by what my take is here. Also, I didn't find any particular images/camera shots that were 'brilliant', profound, or that will 'stay with me long after the movie'. 2.8 stars

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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kips r

in my personal opinion, this is the greatest film of all time. however, i will acknowledge that its not for everyone and that it helps to be in a calm and meditative state of mind when watching this.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Andrei Tarkovsky

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Margarita Terekhova

Mother

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Forensic doctor

Nikolay Grinko

Director of printery

Ignat Daniltsev

Aleksei, age 12

Filipp Yankovsky

Aleksei, age 5

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Synopsis

Using a nonlinear structure interlaced with dreams and flashbacks, director Andrei Tarkovsky creates a stream-of-consciousness meditation on war, memory and time that draws heavily on events from his own life. Tarkovsky's film alter ego is Alexei (Ignat Daniltsev), a dying man in his 40s whose commonplace interactions with his wife (Margarita Terekhova) and children summon up a host of memories, ranging from his parents' divorce to his time on the battlefields of World War II.

Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Screenwriter: Andrei Tarkovsky, Aleksandr Misharin
Production Co: Mosfilm Unit 4, Doco Digital
Genre: Drama, Biography
Original Language: Russian
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 1, 1975, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 2, 2009
Runtime: 1h 48m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1)

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