The film screened to packed audiences in Moscow, part of Russsian Trace, hommage to glorious russia.
http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff33/eng/films/?id=33154
"Based on a short story by the great Russian writer Anton Chekhov, The Duel deals with a passion that has turned to dust in the hot sun, and the animosity between two men with opposing philosophies of life. ..
The film was picked up in Cannes for Australia, other territories in discussion in the UK, Russi...
FLUX FILMS and HIGH LINE PICTURES present
Anton Chekhov's THE DUEL
ANDREW SCOTT TOBIAS MENZIES
FIONA GLASCOTT NIALL BUGGY
MICHELLE FAIRLEY and JEREMY SWIFT
Casting by JOYCE NETTLES
Co-producers PER MELITA, IGOR A. NOLA
and SUSA HORVAT
Composer ANGELO MILLI
Costume Designer SERGIO BALLO
Production Designer IVO HUSNJAK
Edited by KATE WILLIAMS
Director of Phot...
"Chekhov never offered a more tempting sample of sexual ripeness."
Anthony Lane, THE NEW YORKER
"This film is indeed something like a miracle."
Michael Phillips, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"The most successful literary adaptation I've seen since Lady Chatterley."
J. Hoberman, VILLAGE VOICE
"Very satisfying and tonally precise... moments of comedy, dark sentiments, invocations of Tolstoy an...
Anton Chekhov's The Duel will have its Market premiere in Cannes may 13th at 2.00pm Grey 3 and Palais I may 17th at 2.00 pm
The film si 94 minutes long.
Confirm your presence to brunochatelin@gmail.com
Bring a flower, no guns allowed.
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The Duel is ready to enter the festival circuit after Cannes.
The film has been uploaded for private and secure online screening on Cinando.
You can request an invitation from tm@bristolmedia.com or bruno@filmfestivals.com or a meeting in New York and Cannes to dis...
I wanted to share my "coup de coeur" around my discovery of this brillant film produced by Donald Rosenfeld who brought us 4 masterpieces from James Ivory, including his best "Remains of the Day".
This is another delicate and smart story adapted from Anton Chekhov's novella THE DUEL.
Absolutely superb performances, brillantly shot by Dover Kosashvili.
I was about to write a lavish review when I found this one, by Michael Phillips, a Chicago Tribune Movie critic. I cannot...
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Fiona Glascott as Nadya in ANTON CHEKHOV'S THE DUEL. Directed by Dover Kosashvili. Photo by Paul Sarossy...
Dover Kosashvili - Director
Born in Soviet Georgia in 1966, Dover Koshashvili immigrated to Israel with his family in 1972. He has directed two feature films and a short. His short, Im Hukim (By the Laws), first earned him acclaim at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival, where it was considered for the Cinefoundation award.
In 2001, Koshashvili made his feature film directorial debut with Late Marriage, from a screenplay he wrote himse...
"The vibrant new film adaptation of the Anton Chekhov novella The Duel...nails also the essential qualities of comic indolence and dangerous yearning in Chekhov, which have proved so elusive time after time, in adaptation after adaptation.... The Duel looks beautiful, but it is not merely so. It doesn't carry the baggage of an important adaptation; it's deft, droll and languorously sexy.... This film is indeed something like a miracle." - Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune [Read the r...
