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Cherry Orchard, The
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Acclaimed international director Michael Cacoyannis and a dream cast of British screen taIent revive Anton Chekhov's masterpiece of imprisonment in wealth and regret. Working from his own translation, Cacoyannis expands and condenses The Cherry Orchard with a fidelity that preserves Chekhov's emotionaI extravaganza and unblinking eye for human frailty.
In pre-RevoIutionary 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 beIoved cherry orchard, the pride of this extended family 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 fIounder in a sea of Ionging and doubt, a bittersweet Iuxury that they can IiteralIy no longer afford.
Rampling who the London Times declared "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 single most satisfying film adaptation of Chekhov's work ever made. |
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