The Sacrifice

The final statement of one of the true saints of cinema, Andrei Tarkovsky’s The Sacrifice is newly restored in 4K, giving new depths to its poetic parable of faith. Alexander (Erland Josephson) is retired and about to celebrate his birthday, but a nuclear threat hovers over. Praying to God, his family is spared, but it is a pact with awful consequences…

A Cannes Grand Prix winner, it saw Tarkovsky work with many of Ingmar Bergman’s collaborators, most memorably with cinematographer Sven Nykvist. Featuring awe-inspiring surrealist imagery, as well as profound interrogation of man’s connection with God, this is one of cinema’s true essentials.