Nostalghia

For the musician, see Nostalghia (musician). For other uses, see Nostalgia (disambiguation).
Nostalghia
Italian theatrical release poster
RussianНостальгия
Directed byAndrei Tarkovsky
Written byTonino Guerra
Andrei Tarkovsky
Produced byManolo Bolognini
Renzo Rossellini
Daniel Toscan du Plantier
StarringOleg Yankovsky
Erland Josephson
Domiziana Giordano
Delia Boccardo
CinematographyGiuseppe Lanci
Edited by
  • Erminia Marani
  • Amedeo Salfa
Production
companies
Distributed byGaumont Italia (Italy)
Release dates
  • 17 May 1983 (1983-05-17) (Cannes)
  • 2 June 1983 (1983-06-02) (Italy)
Running time
125 minutes
Countries
  • Soviet Union
  • Italy
Languages
  • Russian
  • Italian
Budget£500,000[citation needed]
Box office$323,811[1]

Nostalghia[a] (released as Nostalgia in the United Kingdom) is a 1983 drama film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and starring Oleg Yankovsky, Domiziana Giordano and Erland Josephson. Tarkovsky co-wrote the screenplay with Tonino Guerra.[2]

The film depicts a Russian writer (Oleg Yankovsky) who visits Italy to carry out research about an 18th-century Russian composer, but is stricken by homesickness.[3] The film utilizes autobiographical elements drawn from Tarkovsky's own experiences visiting Italy, and explores themes surrounding the untranslatability of art and culture.[4]

The film won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, the prize for Best Director and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.[5] It received generally positive reviews from critics. The film received nine total votes in the 2012 Sight & Sound polls of the greatest films ever made.[6]

  1. ^ "Nostalghia (1983)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 4 November 2024.Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ At one point, Domenico questions mathematics, displaying that "1+1≠2" with two drops of olive oil. This is a reference to one of Guerra's collaborations with Michelangelo Antonioni, Red Desert.
  3. ^ Fandor
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Nostalghia". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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