Mirror by filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky is a drama that traces the life of a dying poet and the evolution of Soviet culture between the 1960s and 1970s. Semi-autobiographical in nature, the film features poems by Tarkovsky’s father as well as his wife and mother. Mirror takes on a nonlinear narrative structure that incorporates childhood memories, dreams, and newsreel footage to piece together a comprehensive, yet fractured, account of the poet’s story.