This poetic documentary explores the life of Arseny Tarkovsky (1907/1989), father of film director Andrei Tarkovsky. A prolific translator of poetry from languages including Georgian, Arabic, and Polish, Tarkovsky also wrote many poems himself, which were translated into numerous languages. Filmmaker Viatcheslav Amirchanian cared for Tarkovsky in his final years, filming extensively and taking many photographs. Years later, Amirchanian assembled this documentary from that footage and images. Admired by literary figures like Joseph Brodsky and Anna Akhmatova, Tarkovsky Sr. faced censorship during the Stalin era, despite having lost a leg in war. His first book, "Before the Snow," was not published until 1962, during the Khrushchev thaw. - IFFR

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