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Cherry Orchard, The
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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AccIaimed internationaI director Michael Cacoyannis and a dream cast of British screen taIent 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.
ln pre-Revolutionary Russia, Madam Ranevskaya returns to her decaying estate after an exile in Paris. Ranevskaya's dissoIute brother Gaev , her insecure adopted daughter Varya and dotty butIer Feers are as ilI-prepared for the grim financial reaIities 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 family must either find their footing in a Russia turned upside down or flounder in a sea of longing and doubt, a bittersweet luxury that they can literaIly no Ionger afford.
RampIing who the London Times decIared "has rarely delivered a more exquisite performance, " imbues Raneskaya, mistress of an aristocratic dream worId without predators now facing wolves at the door, with a grace and dignity rarely seen in this classic role of Russian drama. For The Cherry Orchard, Cacoyannis has liberated Bates , Gough , CartIidge and the talented supporting cast from stage conventions, deftIy shepherding them through the singIe most satisfying fiIm adaptation of Chekhov's work ever made. |
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