Forging boldy ahead despite the difficulties an international co-production faces in capturing the elusive flavor of Russian prose, dauntless screenwriter/director Reverge Anselmo combines the work of Turgenev and Chekhov, transforming them into hoity-toity Harlequin romance. Ingenuous youth Vladimir (Nick Stahl) grows tired of summering at his parents' estate on the perimeter of Moscow until breathtaking Zinaida (Kirsten Dunst), the daughter of a downscale Princess (Julie Walters), moves in next door. Vladimir leaves his boyhood pastimes behind and idealizes Zinaida as a royal beauty surrounded by swains, his snobbish mother (Geraldine James) reminds him that the P...
Released:
2001
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
106 mins