This revelatory documentary profiles renowned Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky, who left his homeland as a result of censorship and journeyed to Italy to helm his penultimate theatrical film, Nostalghia. Italian screenwriter Tonino Guerra accompanies Tarkovsky as he surveys various medieval locales for the shoot and finally settles on the town of Bagno Vignoi. Along the way, the two discuss life and the art of filmmaking.