Movies at Dawn

[THE FATHER]: At times something happens and I stop dreaming of the house and the pine trees of my childhood around it. Then I get depressed. And I can't wait to see this dream in which I'll be a child again and feel happy again because everything will still be ahead, everything will be possible...  [1] Hello everyone! I'm back this week with Tarkovsky's beloved Zerkalo, Mirror in English. I'll try to add enough background information as the film is known to be quite non-traditional. Thanks for being here and I hope you enjoy reading this post! Zerkalo is Andrei Tarkovsky's fourth film and the one that holds a special place in his heart. The film contains a lot of autobiographical elements, such as the house we see in rural Soviet Russia and the depiction of the mother figure, Maroussia. The house from the film was in fact built on the foundations of Tarkovsky's childhood home, which is a very meaningful detail to me. Because of the movie's unconventiona...