Aboard a ship early in the 20th-century, a middle-aged Italian tells his story of love to a Russian. In a series of flashbacks filmed almost entirely in creams, whites, and ochers, the clownish and superfluous Romano Patroni leaves his wife’s opulent home to visit a spa where he falls in love with a Russian woman whose marriage is a horror. He pursues her into the Russian heartland and returns to Italy resolved to leave his wife and marry his love. His amazed and appreciative Russian listener then narrates a shorter story. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 7.6/10 | |
Released: | November 6, 1987 | |
Runtime: | 117 min | |
Genres: | Drama Romance Comedy | |
Companies: | Excelsior Film TV~RAI 1 Adriana International Corporation RAI | |
Cast: | Marcello Mastroianni Marthe Keller Elena Safonova Pina Cei | |
Crew: | Nikita Mikhalkov Aleksandr Adabashyan Suso Cecchi D'Amico Anton Chekhov | |
joalex : Couldn't agree more. Seems like the writer didn't have enough time to write a proper episo...