Solaris premieres at Cannes - May 13, 1972
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English - May 13, 2022 07:00 - 5 minutes - 6.01 MB - ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsTV & Film Society & Culture literature entertainment film history sciencefiction Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The Soviet film "Solaris" broke ground in Russia with its slow, brooding examination of humanity, using sci-fi metaphor to get around banned discussions of god. It premiered 50 years ago today in Cannes and took home the Grand Jury Prize.
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