Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer

Through a tapestry of archival footage, recorded reminiscences, and voice-over passages, this film traces the inner life and artistic journey of Andrey Tarkovsky. It foregrounds his own words—memories, essays, and reflections—allowing viewers to move through his early years, creative breakthroughs, and the exile that shaped his later work. Rather than offer a conventional biography, the film constructs a contemplative portrait that mirrors the poet-filmmaker’s slow, luminous style.

Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer (2019) invites an intimate encounter with questions of faith, creativity, and the artist’s place in a troubled world. Quiet, reverent, and deeply human, the film feels less like a factual record and more like a meditation on the meaning of memory, suffering, and the search for transcendence through art.