The Sacrifice (Offret)

New 4K restoration

The Sacrifice (Offret)
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

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“Andrei Tarkovsky’s final film, among his closest to perfection, is a traversal of agonies, exploring the savage compromises and bargaining that make up life and death.”—Vanessa McDonnell, Screen Slate

Famed Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky’s final masterpiece, The Sacrifice is a haunting vision of a world threatened with nuclear annihilation that inspired Andrew Sarris (The Village Voice) to proclaim, “You may find yourself moved as you have never been moved before.”

As a wealthy Swedish family celebrates the birthday of their patriarch Alexander (Erland Josephson, Cries and Whispers), news of the outbreak of World War III reaches their remote Baltic Island—and the happy mood turns to horror. The family descends into a state of psychological devastation, brilliantly evoked by Tarkovsky’s arresting palette of luminous greys washing over the bleak landscape around their home.

The film’s masterful cinematography is by Sven Nykvist, Ingmar Bergman’s longtime collaborator. 1986, Sweden, 4K DCP, in Swedish with English subtitles, 145 minutes. Rated PG