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The Cherry Orchard

1999, Movie, NR, 137 mins

The Cherry Orchard: Review

Michael Cacoyannis's overblown, underwhelming screen adaptation of one of Anton Chekhov's greatest plays opens in 1900 with a brand new — and entirely unnecessary — prologue which finds Madame Lyubov Andreyevna Ranevskaya (Charlotte Rampling) broke and living in a squalid Paris garret. It's been five years since the accidental drowning of her beloved son and Madame's subsequent flight from Russia with the no-good lover who later ran off with her money and another wo... read more leave a comment

The Cherry Orchard: Cast & Details

Year: 1999
Rated NR

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Charlotte Rampling: Lyubov Andreyevna -- Ranevskaya
Alan Bates: Gaev -- Leonid Andreyevich
Katrin Cartlidge: Varya -- Varvava Mihailovna
Owen Teale: Lopakhin -- Yermolai Alexeyevich
Tushka Bergen: Anya
Xander Berkeley: Epihodov

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