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Considered by many to be Andrei Tarkovsky’s magnus opus, this genre-defying portrait of a decayed post-industrial society muses on human desires and the ambition we employ in order to achieve them.
In a future world that has been seemingly ravaged by war and poverty there exists a myth of hope amongst the people – a forbidden place known only as the Zone, at the heart of which lies a mysterious room with the power to grant the deepest wishes of those strong enough to make the hazardous journey there.
Desperate to reach it, a scientist and a writer approach the Stalker, one of the few able to navigate the Zone’s menacing terrain, and begin a dangerous trek into the unknown…
An epic exploration of freedom and faith, Tarkovsky’s second foray into science fiction (after Solaris) is a poetic, hypnotic film that explores the purpose of art, as well as human desires and what we really need to be a human. Rightly recognised as a masterpiece, this is a rare chance to see it on the big screen.