The Sacrifice
By Andrei Tarkovsky
Time: 7:30 PM Friday March 13
Location: Wege Auditorium
Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky opens his final film with friends gathering to celebrate Alexander’s (Erland Josephson) birthday. Alexander, a journalist and former actor and philosopher, tells his little son how worried he is about the lack of spirituality of modern mankind. In the night of his birthday, the third world war breaks out. In his despair Alexander turns himself in a prayer to God, offering him everything to have the war not happened at all.
The film won four awards at the Cannes Film Festival, including the Grand Prix.