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The Seagull (1972)

The Seagull poster
Original title
Чайка
Directed by
Yuli Karasik
Genre
drama film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A famous writer and his family gather at a rural estate where a young woman dreams of becoming an actress and a young man writes plays. The group struggles with unrequited love and artistic ambition.

melancholicintrospectiveslow-burntheatricalpoeticrestrainedunsettlingyearning

What happens

The Seagull (Russian: Чайка, romanized: Chayka) is a 1972 Soviet film adaptation of the 1896 play of the same name by Anton Chekhov. It was directed by Yuli Karasik and its music was written by Alfred Schnittke. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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