Solaris
"In his endless search for the truth, man is condemned to knowledge." On an aging research space station in orbit of the planet Solaris, the psychologist Kelvin is tasked with researching the human condition inside and outside the spheres of the Earth. There he discovers that the crew of scientists, neglected in the sprawling spaceship, are trying to understand an extraterrestrial intelligence that takes the form of a huge ocean on the eponymous alien planet and can apparently materialize the memories, fears, hopes, wishes and thoughts of the astronauts. Tarkovsky's masterpiece meditates on our relationship to the planet, the cosmos and the unknown in powerful poetic images. It is also about hope, hopelessness, fear and shame. The last of knowledge and the cursed questions to which we may never have answers.
