Sony Pictures Classics
Directed by Louis Malle
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Criterion Collection)
Actors gather at a decrepit theater in New York City to rehearse a play by Anton Chekhov. They break into their characters with little warning and proceed to act out the entire play with no sets or costumes. Juliana Moore is married to a much older man, a famous professor, and they are visiting relatives on a farm that he owns. Two men profess their love for Moore: the middle aged man who runs the farm and a young, handsome doctor who frequently visits. Emotions are further complicated by another woman who is in love with the doctor. She confides in Moore who agrees to press the doctor on his feelings, but instead confronts her own. Extremely well acted but somewhat of a gimmick. Attempt to recreate the success of My Dinner with Andre falls short.
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