THE SACRIFICE (1986)
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Randwick Ritz, Sydney:
7:00 PM
Thursday May 01
8:10 PM
Monday May 05
Lido Cinemas, Melbourne:
7:00 PM
Thursday May 08
3:00 PM
Monday May 12
Rating: MA15+
Duration: 142 minutes
Country: Sweden, France, UK
Language: Swedish, English, French with English subtitles
Cast: Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Johan Allan Edwall
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
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7:00 PM
Thursday May 01
8:10 PM
Monday May 05
Lido Cinemas, Melbourne:
7:00 PM
Thursday May 08
3:00 PM
Monday May 12
Rating: MA15+
Duration: 142 minutes
Country: Sweden, France, UK
Language: Swedish, English, French with English subtitles
Cast: Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Johan Allan Edwall
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
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4K RESTORATION – AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
“…[W]hat you see in the frame is not limited to its visual depiction, but is a pointer to something stretching out beyond the frame to infinity; a pointer to life. Like the infinity of the image…a film is bigger than it is.” – Andrei Tarkovsky.
“Despite the lack of canonical consensus today as to which filmmakers should be counted as the true greats, one can make this claim about Tarkovsky because many active filmmakers today tell us as much.” – Nick James, Sight and Sound.
To conclude the complete retrospective of Tarkovsky’s feature films, screening from March through to May at the Ritz, Lido and Classic Cinemas, Cinema Reborn presents the swansong of a cinematic master and winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes, a fitting culmination to the director’s poetic-philosophical meditations via the medium of film.
Set against the backdrop of impending nuclear catastrophe, disillusioned actor-turned-critic Alexander (Erland Josephson) makes a desperate pact with God to sacrifice everything in his life in order to save the world.
The Sacrifice offers a poignant exploration of faith and finitude in transcendent Tarkovskyian style, with a sublime final sequence that is among the most notorious and revered in the history of film. An ecstatic experience, not to be missed.
Introduced by Richard James Allen at Ritz Cinemas and by David Heslin at Lido Cinemas
“…[W]hat you see in the frame is not limited to its visual depiction, but is a pointer to something stretching out beyond the frame to infinity; a pointer to life. Like the infinity of the image…a film is bigger than it is.” – Andrei Tarkovsky.
“Despite the lack of canonical consensus today as to which filmmakers should be counted as the true greats, one can make this claim about Tarkovsky because many active filmmakers today tell us as much.” – Nick James, Sight and Sound.
To conclude the complete retrospective of Tarkovsky’s feature films, screening from March through to May at the Ritz, Lido and Classic Cinemas, Cinema Reborn presents the swansong of a cinematic master and winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes, a fitting culmination to the director’s poetic-philosophical meditations via the medium of film.
Set against the backdrop of impending nuclear catastrophe, disillusioned actor-turned-critic Alexander (Erland Josephson) makes a desperate pact with God to sacrifice everything in his life in order to save the world.
The Sacrifice offers a poignant exploration of faith and finitude in transcendent Tarkovskyian style, with a sublime final sequence that is among the most notorious and revered in the history of film. An ecstatic experience, not to be missed.
Introduced by Richard James Allen at Ritz Cinemas and by David Heslin at Lido Cinemas
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Source: Park Circus, Australia
DCP Swedish Institute
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky; Production Companies: Swedish Film Institute, Faragó Film, Argos Films, British Film Institute, Josephson & Nykvist; Producer: Anna-Lena Wibom; Script: Andrei Tarkovsky; Photography: Sven Nykvist; Editors: Andrei Tarkovsky, Michal Leszczylowski; Production Design: Anna Asp; Costume Design: Inger Pehrsson; Music: Johann Sebastian Bach, Watazumi Doso
Cast: Erland Josephson (Alexander), Susan Fleetwood (Adelaide),Allan Edwall (Otto), Guðrún S. Gísladóttir (Maria), Sven Wolter (Victor)
Sweden/France/UK | 1986 | 146 mins | Colour | Swedish, English, French with English subtitles | MA (15+).
DCP Swedish Institute
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky; Production Companies: Swedish Film Institute, Faragó Film, Argos Films, British Film Institute, Josephson & Nykvist; Producer: Anna-Lena Wibom; Script: Andrei Tarkovsky; Photography: Sven Nykvist; Editors: Andrei Tarkovsky, Michal Leszczylowski; Production Design: Anna Asp; Costume Design: Inger Pehrsson; Music: Johann Sebastian Bach, Watazumi Doso
Cast: Erland Josephson (Alexander), Susan Fleetwood (Adelaide),Allan Edwall (Otto), Guðrún S. Gísladóttir (Maria), Sven Wolter (Victor)
Sweden/France/UK | 1986 | 146 mins | Colour | Swedish, English, French with English subtitles | MA (15+).