40 years ago:
Nostalgia (IT,SU)
Original title: Ностальгия
A Russian poet and his interpreter travel to Italy to research the life of an 18th-century composer.
1983-05-01
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1394
#Nostalgia #AndreiTarkovsky #ErlandJosephson #DomizianaGiordano #LauraDeMarchi #ClassicMovies

44 years ago:
To Forget Venice (IT)
Original title: Dimenticare Venezia
Nicky and Marta, brother and sister, reunite in their childhood home in the Venetian countryside. Accompanied by her lover, Claudia and his partner, Picchio, they plan to spend a Sunday together when fate intervenes.
1979-04-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/75748
#ToForgetVenice #EleonoraGiorgi #ErlandJosephson #Movies

65 years ago:
Brink of Life (SE)
Original title: Nära livet
Three women in a maternity ward reveal their lives and intimate thoughts to each other.
1958-03-31
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/60899
#BrinkofLife #IngmarBergman #IngridThulin #BibiAndersson #ErlandJosephson #SvenskFilm #Film

42 years ago:
You Love Only Once (YU)
Original title: Samo jednom se ljubi
Tomislav is a former Partizan who continues his struggle after the war as a dedicated member of Tito's secret police. He meets and falls in love with a ballet dancer from a bourgeois family. His love affair with the class enemy and his slow adaptation to the post-war realities could seal his doom.
1981-02-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/127250
#YouLoveOnlyOnce #MikiManojlovi #ErlandJosephson #ClassicFilm #Yugoslavia

Tarkovsky fashions a breathtaking meditation on his usual themes: faith, memories and sacrifice. It's filled with unforgettable images. We follow a Russian poet Andrei (Oleg Yankovsky) accompanied by his translator, a Rafaelite beauty (Domiziana Giodano) in an ancient hot springs hotel in Italy. There he meets Domenico (Bergman regular Erland Josephson), a local kook who had locked himself and his family up in his house for 7 years, believing the end of the world is imminent. The poet feels a kinship with the madman. The film slowly progresses to an unforgettable speech by Domenico in Rome. He calls for human unity and urges us to go back to our origins. Then he douses himself with gasoline and sets himself on fire. The ending with Andrei carrying a candle through the drained outdoor hot springs really made me very emotional. #andreitarkovsky #erlandjosephson #nostalghia

Tarkovsky fashions a breathtaking meditation on his usual themes: faith, memories and sacrifice. It's filled with unforgettable images. The film slowly progresses to an unforgettable speech by Domenico in Rome. He calls for human unity and urges us to go back to our origins. Then he douses himself with gasoline and sets himself on fire. The ending with Andrei carrying a candle through the drained outdoor hot springs really made me very emotional. #Tarkovsky #Italy #ErlandJosephson

Tarkovsky’s last film is a beautiful religious parable. It’s a dreamlike, meditative, all encompassing work. Uninterrupted climax scene of Alexander burning down the house is perhaps his finest technical feat & a true cinematic tour-de-force. It ends with the young son watering the tree as Maria looks on. Shot by the great Sven Nykvist, The Sacrifice is a fitting finale for illustrious filmmaker who wanted to elevate film's status equal to other art forms. #AndreiTarkovsky #ErlandJosephson