Defined as one of the best science fiction films in the history of the seventh art, Solaris (1972), by Andrei Tarkovsky, today puts the finishing touch to the II Russian Film Festival in Cuba, according to a report by Prensa Latina.
Based on the novel of the same name by Polish writer Stanisław Lem, the film will be shown tonight at the Charles Chaplin cinema in this capital, where other unmissable titles were also presented, such as Underground Moscow, which opened the Festival.
It is a meditative psychological drama that takes place primarily aboard a space station orbiting the fictional planet Solaris.
The mission has stalled because the crew of three scientists has fallen into separate emotional crises, the synopsis reads.
Psychologist Kris Kelvin travels to the Solaris space station to assess the situation, but there he encounters mysterious phenomena, he adds.
The film earned one of the most famous and critically acclaimed Soviet directors the Grand Jury Prize, the FIPRESCI Award and a nomination for the Palme d’Or at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.
Classic and contemporary works are featured on the festival’s agenda, which celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Mosfilm film studio, founded on January 30, 1924 in the capital of the Eurasian giant.
