Directors: Tarkovsky, Andrei
Cast: Natal’ya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis
USSR 1972 | Black & white, colour | 80 mins + 89 mins
Avaliable on: DVD
One of the most distinguished Sci-Fi films ever made, Solaris is a moving and unsettling vision of memory and humanity which transcends the normal conventions of its genre. Scientists in a space observation laboratory above planet Solaris discover that the ocean contains a power which forces them to materialise their obsessions in solid form. A new arrival calls up the physical simulation of his wife, who had committed suicide long ago.