Despite its semi-banned status, «Andrei Rublev» became an event in the world of cinema. The most acclaimed movie by Andrei Tarkovsky, presenting an epic view of the spiritual, religious side of ancient Rus through the story of a saintly icon painter’s difficult path toward true and pure faith, can be watched online in our internet cinema with free access.
Rus at the beginning of the 15th century. A dark, harsh time. Princely feuds and Tatar raids, famine and plague. Monk Rublev is in constant turmoil: the horrors of the surrounding world make the icon painter doubt both his own righteousness and the correctness of interpretations of faith. For Andrei, icon painting is a way to strengthen the people’s faith; it was for ordinary people that the wandering master created holy images. But the horrifying atrocities taking place around him fill the man of God with contradictions, making him doubt whether people need his icons at all. After fifteen long years of silence, the artist will regain his faith that art is not in vain and is truly needed by people.
