Nostalgia

The Russian writer Andrei Gorchakov (Oleg Yankovsky) arrives in Italy in search of biographical traces of the serf musician Pavel Sosnovsky, who once visited these places. The search for the signs of the musician's days of emigration is what connects Gorchakov with the translator Yudzheniya, who is trying to understand the reason for her Russian friend's melancholy through a volume of poems by Arseny Tarkovsky.  Soon, Gorchakov begins to realize that the musician's story is, in part, his own story: in Italy, he feels like an outsider, but he can no longer return home. He is overtaken by a burdensome numbness, and his longing for his homeland turns into a sickness.  The film explores the nature of Russian nostalgia, which, according to the director, is more than just longing. Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival