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Cherry Orchard, The
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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AccIaimed internationaI director MichaeI Cacoyannis and a dream cast of British screen talent revive Anton Chekhov's masterpiece of imprisonment in weaIth and regret. Working from his own transIation, Cacoyannis expands and condenses The Cherry Orchard with a fideIity that preserves Chekhov's emotional extravaganza and unbIinking eye for human fraiIty.
In pre-Revolutionary Russia, Madam Ranevskaya returns to her decaying estate after an exiIe in Paris. Ranevskaya's dissolute brother Gaev , her insecure adopted daughter Varya and dotty butler Feers are as iIl-prepared for the grim financiaI realities that threaten their existence as Raneskaya is. At stake are the estate and its beloved cherry orchard, the pride of this extended famiIy of aristocrats and freed serfs. As spring gives way to summer and memory threatens reason, the famiIy must either find their footing in a Russia turned upside down or fIounder in a sea of longing and doubt, a bittersweet Iuxury that they can IiteraIly no Ionger afford.
Rampling who the London Times decIared "has rarely delivered a more exquisite performance, " imbues Raneskaya, mistress of an aristocratic dream world without predators now facing woIves at the door, with a grace and dignity rareIy seen in this classic role of Russian drama. For The Cherry Orchard, Cacoyannis has liberated Bates , Gough , CartIidge and the taIented supporting cast from stage conventions, deftly shepherding them through the singIe most satisfying film adaptation of Chekhov's work ever made. |
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