Andrei Tarkovsky

Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun in this BAFTA-winning, Palme d'Or-nominated 1986 classic from the great Andrei Tarkovsky.

A dying man in his forties remembers his past. His childhood, his mother, the war, personal moments and things that tell of the recent history of all the Russian nation. From director Andrei Tarkovsky.