Cinema
Solaris
Солярис
Andrei Tarkovsky · 1972
Synopsis
The psychologist Kris Kelvin spends his last day on Earth in his father's house, where the former pilot Berton tells him of the unexplained phenomena he once saw near the planet Solaris. Sent to the station that orbits the planet, Kelvin finds there a crew reduced to two scientists, Snaut and Sartorius, who behave strangely, and he glimpses presences on board that no one explains. After a restless night, he finds in his cabin his wife, Hari, whom he had lost.
Context
The screenplay, written by Friedrich Gorenstein and the director, adapts Stanisław Lem's novel published in 1961; the cinematography is by Vadim Yusov, the music by Eduard Artemyev, who also reuses an organ prelude by Bach. Donatas Banionis plays Kelvin and Natalya Bondarchuk plays Hari, with Jüri Järvet and Anatoly Solonitsyn. Produced by Mosfilm, the film was released in Moscow on 5 February 1972; Lem never liked this adaptation.
Who it is for
A film of nearly three hours, slow and meditative, for those who like science fiction turned towards the intimate.
Prizes and reception
Special Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, the year of its release, according to the Ina.
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