One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich

One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich (Une Journée d’Andrei Arsenevich)
2000, 55’
Director: Chris Marker
Language: French, Swedish, English, Italian
Screening: Thursday, 7 February, 17.00, Sunday, 10 February, 13.00, Thursday, 14 February, 15.00

A documentary about the “last great Soviet director” Andrei Tarkovsky. Combining clips from Tarkovsky’s films with footage of Tarkovsky on the set of his last film “The Sacrifice” (Offret, 1986) and on his deathbed during the final stage of his battle with cancer, Marker keeps his commentary sparse to give insight into Tarkovsky’s art and philosophy and explore the relationship between his private life and his work. About the film, Chicago Reader film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum says “the best single piece of Tarkovsky criticism I know of, clarifying the overall coherence of his oeuvre while leaving all the mysteries of his films intact.”