Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (1999)

A young woman married to a wealthy man but miserably lonely trapped within a world ruled with an iron fist Katerina is driven by a lust for life and for love Her husband though is impotent her fatherinlaw a tyrant No wonder then that she longs to free herself from this yoke When Sergei starts work on the family estate she sees in him a chance for salvation However their subsequent affair marks the beginning of a descent into crime