Chekhov's Motifs

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Chekhov's Motifs
Directed by Kira Muratova
Written by Yevgeni Golubenko
Kira Muratova
Produced byIgor Kalyonov
Starring Sergey Bekhterev
CinematographyValeri Makhnev
Release date
  • 26 June 2002 (2002-06-26)
Running time
120 minutes
CountriesRussia
Ukraine
LanguageRussian

Chekhov's Motifs (Russian : Чеховские мотивы, translit.  Chekhovskie motivy, since released in English as Chekhovian Motifs) is a 2002 Russian-Ukrainian comedy film directed by Kira Muratova. It was entered into the 24th Moscow International Film Festival. [1] At the 2002 Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards Kira Muratova received the prize for Best Director. [2] It is based on two works of Anton Chekhov: the short story Difficult People is divided to frame the one act play Tatyana Repina .

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Plot

In the large Shiryaev family, the eldest son, Pyotr, a university student, struggles to free himself from his domineering father. His meek mother tries to shield him, while his 13-year-old sister Varvara remains indifferent to the family's conflicts. As Pyotr leaves home to head to the city for his studies, he unexpectedly finds himself at a rural church where a wedding of visiting bohemians is taking place. During the lengthy church service, the guests, restless and bored, are suddenly distracted by a peculiar sight: a woman cloaked in black, moaning softly, appears within the church. Some guests, followed by the groom himself, begin to believe she is the ghost of his former lover, who had taken her own life.

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References

  1. "24th Moscow International Film Festival (2002)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  2. "2002". Russian Guild of Film Critics .