Chekhov's Motifs (2002)

Original title

Чеховские мотивы

Directed by

Kira Muratova

Genre

comedy film

Country

Ukraine, Russia

Runtime

2h

Rated

12+

Rating

4.4 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film intercuts a family argument over money with a wedding ceremony. It is based on two works by Anton Chekhov.

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What happens

Chekhov's Motifs (Russian: «Чеховские мотивы», romanized: Chekhovskiye motivy, also released in English as Chekhovian Motifs) is a 2002 Russian-Ukrainian comedy film directed by Kira Muratova. It was entered into the 24th Moscow International Film Festival. At the 2002 Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards Kira Muratova received the prize for Best Director. It is based on two works of Anton Chekhov: the short story Difficult People is divided to frame the one act play Tatyana Repina. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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