# Solaris (1972)

> A Soviet psychologist sent to a failing space station confronts an alien intelligence that materializes the deepest wounds of human memory.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/473

## Facts

- Runtime: 167 min
- Genres: Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery
- Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
- Cast: Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Jüri Järvet, Vladislav Dvorzhetsky, Mykola Hrynko, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Olga Barnet, Vitalik Kerdimun
- TMDB rating: 7.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069293/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: glacial
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: mild
- Mood: haunting, meditative, melancholic, late night reflection, arthouse film night

## Synopsis

A journey into the depths of the human psyche and the unknown.

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- [Man Facing Southeast (1987)](https://ember.film/movie/32722)
- [2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)](https://ember.film/movie/35)
- [2010 (1984)](https://ember.film/movie/2553)
- [Nostalgia (1983)](https://ember.film/movie/930)
- [Hard to Be a God (2014)](https://ember.film/movie/73569)
- [Salyut-7 (2017)](https://ember.film/movie/296601)
- [Orbiter 9 (2017)](https://ember.film/movie/295477)
- [Invasion (2020)](https://ember.film/movie/355800)

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