Anton chekhovs the duel 2010 nr 0428 2010 us drama 1h 35m user score. Set in a seaside resort in the caucasus, the story centers on laevsky andrew scott. Despite the gorgeous cinematography and poignant storyline, this film can be as dry as peasant rye bread. July 2, 2010 prlog anton chekhovs the duel breathes new life into a classic chekhovian tale. But it somehow isnt as exciting as a duel over a woman should be. His father, pavel yegorovich chekhov, the son of a former serf and his ukrainian wife, was from the village olhovatka voronezh governorate and ran a grocery store. Anton chekhovs the duel is a 2010 film directed by dover kosashvili.
With its french impressionist assemblages of 19thcentury people outofdoors in a scorching summer in the caucasus lensed by atom egoyan regular paul sarossy its probably too sunny and beautiful for a chekhov novella about two. Anton chekhovs the duel 2010 nude scenes anton chekhovs the duel 2010 nude scenes. Best movies like anton chekhovs the duel bestsimilar. Anton chekhovs the duel begins as if its going to be a merchantivory style poshbutbland british costume piece. Laevsky, a moody young aristocrat, and nadya, his fickle married mistress, have retreated from the city to a summering spot by the black sea. Anton chekhovs the duel is an interesting study on the worth of human life.
Chekhovs marvelous novella, the duel, is a compelling story about the foibles of men and women who love too much or not enough. Normal text size larger text size very large text size pg, 90 minutes. A dissolute aristocrat who finds himself tiring of his mistress earns the growing animosity of the scientist who desires her. Fiona glascott nude topless in one scene and hot in few others. Anton chekhovs the duel 2010 official trailer, organic. Laevsky has convinced nadya to leave her husband for him, but now wants to abandon her.
United states april 28, 2010 new york canada april 28, 2010. I n one of many scenes in anton chekhovs the duel in which listless aristocrats kill time, a knot of friends watches a beautiful woman walk by, holding a white parasol transformed by the sun into a halo of pure light. Save shakespeare, chekhov is the literary giant whose work is most. Movies like anton chekhovs the duel if you like anton chekhovs the duel you are looking for atmospheric, serious and captivating movies about with couple relations, love triangle, love and romance, infidelity, human nature, couples and dishonesty themes of drama genre shot in usa. Laevsky is a dissipated romantic given to gambling and flirtation. Set in a seaside resort in the caucasus, the story centers on ner do well. Anton chekhovs the duel 2009 stream and watch online. Anton pavlovich chekhov was born in 1860, the third of six children to a family of a grocer, in. Given the place of athletics in popular culture, you wont be surprised to find that the demand for sports tickets for a wide range of events has skyrocketed in recent years. Anton chekhovs the duel the duel does not develop an overarching sense of purpose, but observing the behaviour of the film are strong enough argument for a more pronounced would be superfluous. Hes shacked up in this seaside resort with his married mistress, nadia fiona. It probably says more about me than the filmmakers that i find this fact incredibly annoying, but theres something about the simultaneous desperation and smugness of putting an authors name right there in.
Anton chekhovs the duel 2010 anton chekhovs the duel. It was adapted for the screen by iosif kheifits in 1973 as the bad good man, starring vladimir vysotsky and by dover kosashvili in 2010 as the duel. The film is an adaptation of an 1891 novella by anton chekhov, the duel. Set in a seaside resort in the caucasus, the story centers on ner do well, laevsky. The setting of the title event is spectacular, and the photography is wonderful. Anton chekhovs the duel 2010 is a drama movie starring andrew scott and fiona glascott. Anton pavlovich chekhov was a russian playwright and shortstory writer, who is considered to be among the greatest. He photographs the bucolic, black sea coastal setting of the fevered tale with such painterly light that the squalor seems heavenly, and his british cast takes an irascible, sincerely. It kind of feels, even now that ive seen it, that the duel isnt a real movie oh, beg pardon, of course i meant anton chekhovs the duel, as it appears that the film is really titled. In anton chekhovs the duel, escalating animosity between two men. Tempting sample of sexual ripeness the new yorker something like a miracle chicago tribune most successful literary adaptation.
Anton chekhovs the duel 2010 directed by dover koshashvili. It was probably made for chekhov fans, who would understand the basic character types. With andrew scott, fiona glascott, tobias menzies, niall buggy. In the duel and much of chekhov, lust seems to be a matter best approached by the introspection of the worldweary. Set in a seaside resort in the caucasus, the story centers on ner do well, laevsky andrew. I it was eight oclock in the morning the time when the officers, the local officials, and the visitors usually took their morning dip in the sea after the hot, stifling night, and then went into the pavilion to drink tea or coffee. He has run off to the sea with beautiful, emotionally empty, nadya, another mans wife. Its very well made and acted in english by a mostly irish cast in a polished chekovian tone. Anton chekhovs the duel 2010 kaleidescape movie store. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing anton chekhovs the duel near you. Laevsky has convinced nadya to leave her husband for him, but now wants to. The seagull by anton chekhov, the cherry orchard by anton chekhov, the duel by anton chekhov, the bear by anton chekhov, uncl.
In anton chekhovs the duelthe escalating animosity between two men with opposed philosophies of life is played out against the backdrop of a seedy resort on the black sea coast laevsky is a dissipated romantic given to gambling and flirtation. The idyllic setting serves as an ironic backdrop to a story governed by petty morality and impenetrable whims, behavior that can be finely calculated or impetuous and. The only generous character, the doctor, tries to offer help to the despairing and anxietyridden antihero, but the latters selfabsorption is so intense that not even a doctor can keep the lover from entrapping. Anton chekhovs the duel is scheduled to screen in cannes market and enter the fest circuit in june. Starring andrew scott, tobias menzies, fiona glascott, and niall buggy. Everything you need to know about anton chekhovs the duel. The duel gives pictorial life to a classic chekhovian tale and brings much shrewd understanding to its ageless tale of temperamentally opposed 20somethings acting out. What strikes you immediately about anton chekhovs the duel are the visuals. Cinematographer paul sarossy keeps capturing plangent visions like that one.
Chekhovs unerring insight into the turbulent emotions that stir men and women, in the chemists wife and the others to be found within the duel and other stories, instills his gemlike fiction with a stillundiminished power. Anton chekhovs the duel 2010 the movie database tmdb. The duel is a faithful film translation of chekhovs story of failed ambition, set in a seaside outpost. Includes a new forward by the screenwriter mary bing.
Released 2009, anton chekhovs the duel stars andrew scott, fiona glascott, tobias menzies, niall buggy the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 35 min, and received a score of 75 out of 100 on. Observing its characters faults with equanimity, dover koshashvilis adaptation of anton chekhovs short story the duel treats the residents of a seaside town in the caucuses as specimens of humanitys dual nature. Dover koshashvili, the sensitive director of anton chekhovs the duel, doesnt entirely evade the pitfalls of bringing this particular russian to the screen. Anthony the great 17 january old style 29 january 1860 in taganrog, a port on the sea of azov in southern russia. Even though this is something of a common theme in novellas written about two people trying to kill each other, there is something in the reasoning behind this duel that is different than some of the others in the series.
Paul sarossyhigh line pictures by wesley morris globe staff october 15, 2010. Andrew scott heads the british cast of anton chekhovs the duel. The new york times critics pick anton chekhovs the duel. Anton chekhovs the duel 2010 i would have enjoyed this movie more if id understood it a little better. Working with the master cinematographer paul sarossy the sweet hereafter, director dover kosashvili late marriage has made a gorgeously cinematic and accessible movie that is sensuous, passionate, dramatic and peppered with delightful moments of levity inherent to the great novella.
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