Offret (1986)

Director:

Andrei Tarkovsky

Guionista:

Andrei Tarkovsky (screenplay)

Release Date:

noviembre 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Alexander, a journalist and former actor and philosopher, tells his little son how worried he is about the lack of spirituality of modern mankind...

Plot Keywords:

Long Take | Nietzsche | Dream | Meaning Of Life | Self Immolation

Awards:

Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 7 wins & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A perfect example of the difference between true cinema and the Big Macs that Hollywood feeds us.

Cast

Erland Josephson	...	Alexander
Susan Fleetwood	...	Adelaide
Tommy Kjellqvist	...	Little Man
Allan Edwall	...	Otto
Guðrún Gísladóttir	...	Maria (as Gudún S. Gísladóttir)
Sven Wollter	...	Victor
Valérie Mairesse	...	Julia
Filippa Franzén	...	Marta
Per Källman	...	Ambulansförare
Tommy Nordahl	...	Ambulansförare
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Tintin Anderzon	...	(voice)
Helena Brodin	...	(voice)
Birgit Carlstén	...	(voice)
Jane Friedmann	...	(voice)
Martin Lindström	...	(voice)
Jan-Olof Strandberg	...	(voice)

También conocida como:

Sacrifice, Le (France)
The Sacrifice
The Witch (Sweden) (working title)

Duración:

149 min

País:

Sweden | UK | France

Idioma:

Swedish | French | English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Italy:T | Singapore:PG | Iceland:L | Finland:K-12 | South Korea:15 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG (1992 re-rating) | USA:PG | West Germany:12 (f) | UK:15 (original rating) | Hong Kong:IIA

Filming Locations:

Filmhusateljéerna, Filmhuset, Svenska Filminstitutet, Gärdet, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Company:

Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI)

Trivialidades:

The cottage burnt down while the film jammed in the camera and the crew could not reload with new in time, hence it had to be reconstructed and burnt a second time.

Quotes:

[first lines]
[sub-titled]
Alexander: Come here and give me a hand, my boy.

Movie Connections:

Edited into "Cinéma, de notre temps: Une journée d'Andrei Arsenevitch" (2000)

A perfect example of the difference between true cinema and the Big Macs that Hollywood feeds us.

Tarkovsky's death bed film certainly lacks some of the fire and energy of his earlier work, but the story of Alexander's search for faith amidst the worst kind of madness is by no means dull. The cinematography and editing are obviously Bergman influenced, but anyone who says that it bothers them to see Tarkovsky borrow the style of another needs to learn more about Eisenstein, Kuleshov, and perhaps Wajda.

This film serves as a stark example of the real difference between the work of the European authors and Hollywood. While viewing, keep an eye on the editing. Th film opens on a five minute long shot in which it is extremely difficult to even discern which character is speaking. The scenes are made up of as few shots as possible and the shortest shot of the entire film is about 10 seconds. There are less than a dozen close ups in the entire piece, which may be why American audiences with their limited attention spans, would reject the film. The Sacrifice might not sit well with Tarkovsky purists, but it's themes and philosophy, I feel, surpass in depth, any of the master's other works.