Tracing the life of a renowned icon painter, the second feature by Andrei Tarkovsky vividly conjures the murky world of medieval Russia.

This dreamlike and remarkably tactile film follows Andrei Rublev as he passes through a series of poetically linked scenes – snow falls inside an unfinished church, naked pagans stream through a thicket during a torchlit ritual, a boy oversees the clearing away of muddy earth for the forging of a gigantic bell –gradually emerging as a man struggling mightily to preserve his creative and religious integrity.

One of Tarkovsky’s most revered films, this masterwork offers an arresting meditation on art, faith, and endurance.

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