The lecture on "Mirror" - one of the most personal films of the director - will delve into the depths of Andrei Tarkovsky's autobiographical cinema. In 1974, the world first saw Andrei Tarkovsky's film "Mirror" - a work that sparked heated discussion in professional circles and mixed reactions from viewers. This was a turning point in the director's career, when he first allowed autobiographical motifs to penetrate the structure of his cinematic language. The film is constructed as a stream of consciousness, where Tarkovsky's real memories of childhood, family, war, and love merge with poetic images. The director's mother, Maria Vishnyakova, acted in the film, and the voice of his father, poet Arseny Tarkovsky, is heard on screen reading his poems. All of this gives the film a special intimacy and transforms it into a confession. In the lecture by Alexander Kashchenko - director and art historian - a deep analysis of "Mirror" as a work of art will be presented, in which personal experience becomes universal. Participants will explore how autobiography shapes narrative, what means the director uses to convey memory, and how fiction serves truth. Where to go in St. Petersburg today, look for it on our website.