The Cherry Orchard (1999)

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Renowned Greek filmmaker Michael Cacoyannis wrote and directed this adaptation of the classic final drama by playwright Anton Chekhov, set in 1900. Lyubov Ranevskaya (Charlotte Rampling) left Russia to escape troubling memories of the death of her son. Now her family is riddled with debt and Lyubov and her teenaged daughter Anya (Tushka Bergen) have come home to the family estate, looking for a way to pay their bills. Much to their dismay, the Ranevskayas are forced to sell their land to Lopakhin (Owen Teale), a crude businessman who intends to build a housing development in what was once the family's cherry orchard. The international cast also includes Alan Bates as Lyubov's brother Gaev, Katrin Cartlidge as Lyubov's ward Varya, and Michael Gough and Frances de la Tour as the family's servants. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Starring:: Charlotte Rampling, Alan Bates, (more)

Director(s):: Michael Cacoyannis

Theatrical MPAA Rating:: PG

Format(s):: DVD
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Synopsis of The Cherry Orchard

Theatrical Feature Running Time:: 137 mins

Complete Cast of The Cherry Orchard

Charlotte Rampling - Lyuba Ranevsky
Katrin Cartlidge - Varya Ranevsky
Frances de la Tour
Tushka Bergen - Anya Ranevsky
Melanie Lynskey - Dunyasha
Andrew Howard - Peter Trofimov

Director(s):: Michael Cacoyannis

Writer(s):: Michael Cacoyannis

Producer(s):: Michael Cacoyannis

Theatrical MPAA Rating:: PG(Adult Situations)

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	Ann C.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

If anyone's reading this who loved "The Last Station," the recent hit film about the Tolstoy marriage, I have another great movie for you! In "The Cherry Orchard" a Russian extended family wonders how they can hold onto their cherished country home and legendary orchard, Takes place in the unsettled period before the Russian Revolution. Features stellar actors Charlotte Rampling and Alan Bates, plus a topnotch supporting cast.

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	Penny M.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

This was ok, moved a bit slow but lots of actors who I knew.

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	J'ADORE LE CINEMA O.

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6/11 Anton Chekhov was a great Russian writer, who created this play about the pathos within an extended family of Russian aristocrats, and their desire to preserve the 54 Hectare family estate (with renowned Cherry Orchard) in the face of bankruptcy. It is a classic comment on the different Russian views in the era, preserve things of traditional value or chop them down to make way for the new. (pave paradise to put up a parking lot) In the end, everyone is so self obsessed with their own success or failure that they leave what they value most behind. Serious sound problem with the DVD, hard to hear and no subtitles for the deaf like me. Great acting, superb dialogue, very young Gerald Butler. But truthfully not an easy watch, slow, better designed for the stage. Difficult for an audience a century removed from the events and ideology of the time.

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