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Title: The Cherry Orchard
Format: DVD
Condition: New
Number Of Discs: 1
Actors: Charlotte Rampling, Alan Bates, Katrin Cartlidge, Owen Teale, Tushka Bergen
Director: Mihalis Kakogiannis
Runtime: 2 hours and 21 minutes
Region Code: DVD: 1 (US, Canada...)
Studio: Kino Lorber
Certificate: MPAA PG
Description: PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
In pre-revolutionary Russia, Madame Ranevskaya returns to her decaying estate after an exile in Ranevskaya's dissolute brother Gaev, her insecure adopted daughter Varya and dotty butler Feers are as ill-prepared for the grim financial realities threaten their existence as Ranevskaya is. At stake are the estate and it's beloved cherry orchard, the pride of the 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 flounder is a sea of longing and doubt, a bittersweet luxury that they can no longer afford. Includes: interviews and trailer.

FROM THE BACK COVER
Acclaimed international director Michael Cacoyannis ("Zorba the Greek") and a dream cast of British screen talent 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 emotional extravagance and unblinking eye for human frailty. In pre-Revolutionary Russia, Madame Ranevskaya (Charlotte Rampling) returns to her decaying estate after an exile in Paris. Ranevskaya's dissolute brother Gaev (Alan Bates), her insecure adopted daughter Varya (the late Katrin Cartlidge in one of her final film roles) and dotty butler Feers (Michael Gough) are as ill-prepared for the grim financial realities that threaten their existence as Ranevskaya is. At stake are the estate and its beloved 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 flounder in a sea of longing and doubt, a bittersweet luxury that they can literally no longer afford.

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