also depicts the mirror as an instrument that can transform one body into another. In the film the body experience water in many different stages. The body sees water, the body is placed water, the body walks over puddles of water, and the body at some moments almost completely disappears in a thick fog. The physical properties and symbolic implication of water change the way the body experience spaces. Water symbolizes life and death, feminine and maternal elements, and is also associated with time. (Pallasmaa, 2007). Water also acquires characteristics of a mirror. In the last scene of the film the body is reclined by a lake staring at the reflection on the surface of the water. Although the scene can be compared to the image of Narcissus staring at his own image on the water, the reflection in the scene connects the body with elements of the present and past opposed to alienate it from. The study of cinema can open new possibilities to think about the design process. In the film “Nostalghia� the body is not only placed in the spaces, but the body is part of the space and part of the experience of the space. The experience is not only physical but also sensorial.
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