Rus early XV century. Country torn by princely feuds. Tatar raids, famine and pestilence haunt people. Talented icon painter Andrei Roublev paints the walls of Blagoveshenskiy Cathedral in Moscow. He works under the supervision of Theophanes the Greek. Different perception of the world by Theophanes confronts the doubts and sufferings of Roublev. He admonishes Andrew and asks him, in spite of everything, to continue to create: his art brings people love and light. Roublev, redeeming a terrible s...