This book is a journey through the semantic context of the films of Andrei Arsenievich Tarkovsky (1932-1986), a genius filmmaker of the twentieth century. Highlighting the most important characteristics of the director's film poetics, the author considers them as a special way of introducing reality into the fabric of the artwork and, based on the analysis of the director's films, demonstrates their innovative and deep philosophical content. The book is intended both for specialists in the field of philosophy, theory and history of world cinema, and for all those who are concerned with the issues of human self-construction and culture.