I got the chance to see this film for the first time in the theater recently, and although it’s about as slow a movie as you can get, and it definitely isn’t for everyone, it’s one of those films that stays with you for days.
Stalker (1979)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGRDYpCmMcM - from the FSUE Mosfilm cinema concern YouTube channel (2 hours 35 mins long - 1080p - Eng. subtitles)
Synopsis:
A guide leads two men through an area known as the Zone to find a room that grants wishes.
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky.
Cast: Alexander Kaidanovsky, Anatoly Solonitsyn & Nikolai Grinko.
Trivia:
• Stalker was Andrei Tarkovsky’s final film made in the Soviet Union before his defection.
• Several people involved in the film’s production, including Tarkovsky, died from causes that some crew members attributed to the film’s long shooting schedule near a toxic chemical plant.