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The Sacrifice

New York Film Festival Essentials • 2h 26m

Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky • Drama • 1986 • Sweden • Swedish with English subtitles
Starring Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall

Winner of four awards at the Cannes Film Festival and the winner of Best Foreign Language Film at the BAFTA's, famed Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky's final masterpiece is a haunting vision of a world threatened with nuclear annihilation. Made as he was dying of cancer, "The Sacrifice" is his personal statement and a profoundly moving tragedy steeped in unforgettable imagery and emotion.

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