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"Andrei Rublev"
1969
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
From
Andrei Tarkovsky comes the epic Andrei Rublev - acclaimed as a masterpiece
internationally and banned in the director's homeland of Russia. It is the
dazzling and harrowing tale of the famed 15th Century icon painter who
survives the cruelties of medieval Russia and creates works of art. Beautifully directed and filmed, this film
follows
the life of Andrei Rublev (Anotoli Solonitsyn), a 15th Century monk. Rublev is the
founder of a school of painting in the Christian Orthodox tradition. His school is
dispersed after the rape and pillage of the village of Vladimir at the hands of those
pesky Tatars. It is a story of artistic rivalry, political intrigue
and religious
intolerance told with graceful symmetry and composition. Starring
Anatoli Solonitsyn, Ivann Lapikov, Nikolai Grinko. Winner of the
International Critics Prize at Cannes Film Festival. Russian with
English subtitles. Letterbox. Black and white. 185 minutes.

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