The Sacrifice

"The Sacrifice is not the sort of movie most people will choose to see, but those with the imagination to risk it may find it rewarding."

"It is brilliant and audacious..."

"A stunningly beautiful film that holds your attention even while you feel slightly stunned, in a less welcome way, by what is actually going on."

"There are echoes of Bergman (of course) and of Chekhov, and once or twice I found myself thinking, most unexpectedly, of Heartbreak House."

"Andrei Tarkovsky’s last film, from 1986, is a grand, unworldly, even antiworldly religious vision."

"An austere and appropriate rumination on leave-taking and loss."

"A film unrivalled in the history of cinema in the expression of sheer dread."

"(The) Sacrifice is tough... But if you fight your way through, you may just feel the flush of achievement and walk away with a head full of memorable images."

"Involving and intellectually rich..."

"No director could wish a more splendid valedictory."