简介：TakeanyoftheAndreyTarkovsky'smovies,takeawayalltheart-housenessfromitandyou'llget"Zerkalodlyageroya".QuiteinterestingthatIwatchedthismoviewhenwasachildanddidn'tlikeitbecauseIdidn'tunderstandathing,watcheditwhenIwasateenagerandquitelikeditbutdidn'tunderstanditanywayandfinallyI'vewatcheditnowandfoundthatit'sagreatmoviewithagoodanddeepidea. Theplot(nobigspoilers):YoungSergey(SergeyKoltakov)andhisoldfatheraretwoquitedifferentmen:Sergeycannotunderstandwhyhisfatherissoconcernedabouttheotherpeople'sfates,aboutfatesoftownsandvillagesandthefateofthewholecountry.Hefindshimanoldfool,butSergey'sownfatesoonforceshimtounderstandhisfather.Onashowoftherockband"NautilusPompilius"(semi-undergroundattheSoviettimes)hemeetsAndrey,anagedmanwhowasonceimprisonedforanincidentonacoalminethatwasunderhismanagement.Aftertheshowtheytakeawalkinaparkandsuddenlydiscoverthatamovieisbeingmadethere.Thetwowanttofindabetterplacetoseethemovie-makerssetandAndreysuggestsone.ThetworunaroundahighconcretefenceandAndreystumblesatathickwirestuckintheground.Hefalls.Onceheisupthebothmenwalktotheendofthefenceandsuddenlyfindthereisnoparkbehindit:theyseeasteamengineandamilitiamanintheuniformofStalintimes,theyfindthemselvesinalittlecoal-miningtowntheywerebothgrownin.SoonAndreybeginstothinkthatfategiveshimachancetopreventtheaccidenthewasimprisonedfor,Sergeyunwillinglydiscovershisfather'sgenerationforhimself,theirtime,theirlivesandwhattheylivedfor. Acting,aswellasphotographyanddirectionisabsolutelyamazing.Thescenesintheoldcoalminearestunningandunforgettable.Verysensibleandthoughtfulmoviethatstilldoesn'tleaveaheavytraceasalltheTarkovsky'sworks.Andofcourse,someknowledgeofwhoStakhanovandNKVDwerewouldbeveryhelpfulifyouwanttounderstandeverything.…