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Based on the short story by Anton Chekhov Kama Ginkas astounding reimagining highlights and builds off of the Chekhovian tension between the beauty of life and the tragedy of how it is lived The story tells the the tale of philosophy student Andrey Vasilich Kovrin On the verge of a nervous breakdown Kovrin decides to visit his childhood friend Tanya Pesotsky at the estate of her father As he and Tanya develop a relationship and eventually marry a black monk of legend begins appearing to Kovrin in visions Though these hallucinations at first imbue the young man with joy and energy they eventually lead to his ruin
Digital
Feb 20, 2017
Director
Kama Ginkas
Original Title
Черный монах
Original Language
Russian
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