The Gift

After the release of Nostalgia Andrei Tarkovsky runs out his Soviet authorities permission to work abroad he has to go back home But he understands from the messages of some friends and colleagues that his life in Russia would be even tougher than before So he then decides to break with Soviet authorities and a year before the Milan Conference of 1984 during which he will announce publicly his decision he leaves his friends that are hosting him in Rome and takes refuge in a secret location