Toronto-based sales agent Syndicado Film Sales has acquired world rights to “Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer,” director Andrey A. Tarkovsky’s documentary about his father which world premiered in the Venice Classics section of the 76th Venice Film Festival.
The film examines the life and work of the great Russian filmmaker, who left behind what is considered one of the great oeuvres of world cinema, through excerpts from his films, contemporary photos and videos, as well as rare audio recordings in which the director describes his life philosophy and art.
It also features never before released recordings of poems by Arseny Tarkovsky, one of the greatest Russian poets of the 20th century and the director’s father, read by their author.
The younger Tarkovsky described “A Cinema Prayer” as “an attempt to get closer to Tarkovsky as a person, as an artist and as a father.”
“Too many books and studies were written about Tarkovsky,...
The film examines the life and work of the great Russian filmmaker, who left behind what is considered one of the great oeuvres of world cinema, through excerpts from his films, contemporary photos and videos, as well as rare audio recordings in which the director describes his life philosophy and art.
It also features never before released recordings of poems by Arseny Tarkovsky, one of the greatest Russian poets of the 20th century and the director’s father, read by their author.
The younger Tarkovsky described “A Cinema Prayer” as “an attempt to get closer to Tarkovsky as a person, as an artist and as a father.”
“Too many books and studies were written about Tarkovsky,...
- 9/7/2019
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
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