Dark Eyes (film)
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3.5/4 Roger Ebert Director Nikita Mikhalkov Music director Francis Lai | 7.6/10 IMDb 100% Rotten Tomatoes Genre Comedy, Romance, Drama Duration Country Italy
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Language Italian / Russian / French Writer Aleksandr Adabashyan , Suso Cecchi dAmico , Anton Chekhov Release date September 9, 1987 Initial release September 9, 1987 (France) Genres Comedy, Romance Film, Drama film Cast Marcello Mastroianni (Romano), Elena Safonova (Anna Sergeyevna), Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy (Il Governarore di Sisoiev), Marthe Keller (Tina, Romano's Mistress), Vsevolod Larionov (Pavel (Russian Ship Passenger)), Pina Cei (Elisa's Mother)Similar movies Related Nikita Mikhalkov movies Tagline Aboard a ship early in the 20th-century, a middle-aged Italian tells his story of love to a Russian. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dark eyes film review
Dark Eyes (Italian: Oci ciornie; Russian: Очи чёрные) is a 1987 Italian and Russian language film which tells the story of a 19th-century married Italian who falls in love with a married Russian woman. It stars Marcello Mastroianni and Yelena Safonova.
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- Dark eyes film review
- Plot
- Source material
- Cast
- Location
- Awards
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Plot
One day, on board a steamer, Romano (Marcello Mastroianni), a middle-aged Italian, tells to a Russian man the story of his life. He narrates his encounter with a young Russian lady with dark beautiful eyes, their brief romantic interlude and his sudden abandonment. Haunted by the memory of that lady, Romano travels to Russia to find her.
Source material
The film was adapted from (or rather inspired by) four Anton Chekhov's stories, notably The Lady with the Pet Dog, by a Soviet-Italian team that included Alexander Adabashyan, Suso Cecchi d'Amico and Nikita Mikhalkov. The latter directed. The title refers to a famous Russian art song.
Cast
Location
Principal shooting took place at the Montecatini Terme in Tuscany, in the Volga town of Kostroma, and in Leningrad (Vladimir Palace, Peter and Paul Fortress). A few of the actors had previously appeared together in A Cruel Romance, a 1984 Russian film starring Mikhalkov and shot on location in Kostroma.
Awards
Mastroianni received the award for Best Actor at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Safonova was awarded the David di Donatello as Best Actress.
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