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- Auszeichnungen
- 1 Gewinn & 3 Nominierungen
Handlung
WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesBarbara Tirrell appeared in this movie as a cook in Pjotr Sorin's (Brian Dennehy's) house. She previously appeared in Great Performances (1971) season three, episode seven, "The Seagull," also as a servant.
- PatzerThe action is supposed to take place at the beginning of the 20th century. One of the characters uses a cotton stick to heal an injure. Cotton sticks were not invented until 1923.
- Zitate
Medvedenko: Why do you always wear black?
Masha: I'm in mourning for my life.
Medvedenko: Why? You're healthy. You have enough money to get by. Life's a lot harder for me. I'm a schoolteacher. I hardly make anything. You don't see me all in black.
Masha: It's not about money. Even a poor man can be happy.
Medvedenko: Every day, I meet with nothing but indifference from you.
Masha: Stop it, Medvedenko. I'm touched by your love. I just can't return it. That's all.
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- SoundtracksDark Eyes (Ochi Chyornye)
Lyrics by Evgeniy Grebyonka
Arrangement by Brian Usifer
Performed by Annette Bening, Ben Thompson and Brian Usifer
Relatively-new film director Michael Mayer lyrically highlights with close-ups, quick cuts, and manipulated time the agony of unrequited love in a household where count can be lost of who loves whom, who doesn't love back. The most prominent mismatch is between aspiring and rich young actress Nina (Saoirse Ronan) and aspiring, idealistic young writer Konstantin (Billy Howell).
Their innocence is compromised by an adult world, for instance, by the acclaimed writer Trigorin (Corey Stoll), who steals her from Konstantin, who is jealous but remains doggedly devoted to her. (Ronan and Howell do their anguished young lovers bit even better in On Chesil Beach.)
And on and on as the web of lies and loss ensnares them all. Yet, an air of civility covers the entire proceedings, hallmarked by Konstantin's vain, acclaimed actress mother, Irina (Annette Bening), herself in a relationship with Trigorin. Irina stands best for Chekov's theme of the clash between classical theater and modernist imagination, exemplified by her son Konstantin's work, redolent of symbol and allegory and, oh, so self important. His outdoor play with a makeshift curtain evokes The Fantasticks with a little Midsummer Night's Dream but hardly the genius of either.
Because Irina is not impressed with Konstantin's creativity, her young writer son is filled with despair. Everyone else seems to be able to go on, albeit with cascading tears and gloomy resignation.
Although this drama may be dark, and Chekov is not known, after all, for his hilarity, witnessing it is a pleasant theatrical experience because we are all so darn fascinating when we become fools for love. Beyond that, the acting is some of the best you will see in cinema all year-even if it is grounded in 19th_ century Russian theater. Chekov lives on.
- JohnDeSando
- 18. Juni 2018
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Box Office
- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 1.252.960 $
- Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
- 79.016 $
- 13. Mai 2018
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 1.820.461 $
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 38 Minuten
- Farbe
- Seitenverhältnis
- 2.35 : 1