Twenty years after a town has been beset by an mysterious alien force, visiting the desolate wasteland known as The Zone is a risky proposition. A writer and a professor are tempted to hire a seasoned “stalker” to lead them through this realm to The Room, where wishes are said to be granted. Tarkovsky’s metaphysical journey into mysticism is at once unearthly and real-world, and has mesmerized generations of filmgoers.

In Russian with English subtitles