Solaris
Tarkovsky's philosophical sci-fi adapts Lem's novel about sentient ocean manifesting crew's buried memories. Through grief, memory, consciousness, and love, it explores humanity's inability to comprehend alien intelligence. The film meditates on loss, guilt, and psychological haunting. Cerebral alternative to Western sci-fi.
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