Stalker(Сталкер)
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Soviet Union · 1979
2h 42m
Director Andrei Tarkovsky
Starring Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Nikolay Grinko, Alisa Freyndlikh
Genre Science Fiction, Drama
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Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone. Behind barbed wire and guarded by armed soldiers, the Zone is a place where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A stalker guides two men to an area in the Zone in which deep seeded desires are granted.
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A really engaging and thought-provoking look at human desires, obsessions, family, and hope. It explores the spirituality of the Other and the spiritual within in a really poetic and poignant way. The most interesting part of this film, for me, was the story of the Stalker's daughter, named Monkey. Her story, and what is said and unsaid, was what I found to be truly powerful about the film.