The Black Monk

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The Black Monk (2017)

Directed by Kama Ginkas

Drama · 1h 50m

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 Vasil'ich 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.

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Cast

Sergey Makovetskiy Andrey Kovrin Valeriy Barinov Yegor Pesotsky Yuliya Svezhakova Tanya Pesotskaya Igor Yasulovich Black Monk

Crew

Director
Kama Ginkas

Details

Original title
Черный монах
Release date
2017-02-20
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Drama
Original language
RU
Spoken languages
Russian
Countries
Russia