Mirrors

Mirrors

2014 · 130 min · ★ 4.6 · Drama

The film is based on the life of Marina Tsvetaeva, one of the most tragic and greatest poets of the 20th century. The authors follow her in Russia, then in immigration in Prague and Paris, and then her return to Russia where she committed a suicide a few month after her arrival.

Directed by Marina Migunova · Written by Yuriy Arabov

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