On 2010-02-24 Edward, San Francisco wrote: I´m not certain why I had a negative preconception of ´Onegin´ (1999), the Fiennes family´s film adaptation of Alexander Pushkin´s novel ´Eugene Onegin´. Perhaps it was because its Marketing handled the movie´s original release so poorly (I understand the PR people were pronouncing the title as though it were a single shot of Tangueray) and withdrew it from distribution so abruptly. As it turns out, this is an cooly elegant version of the cynical love story, though it does require a rarefied taste to appreciate it. A passing acquaintance with Romantic classics like ´La Nouvelle Héloïse´ and ´Die Schöne Müllerin´ helps. I call it a family film because it was directed by Martha Fiennes, stars Ralph Fiennes in the title role, and their brother Magnus Fiennes composed the restrained score. (Wisely, Tschaikovsky´s operatic music has been avoided, even the famous Polonaise. There is, however, some ´Fidelio´ on the soundtrack near the end.) Beautifully photographed by Remi Adefarasin, the picture captures the atmosphere of early 19th Century Russia (love those borzois!), many frames resembling canvases painted under the Tsars. The acting is quietly effective. Ralph Fiennes is the ideal Onegin, a brooding, contemptous Childe Harold. Toby Stephens as Lensky has the somewhat naïvely peevish attitude that makes his fate believable. Pushkin´s gentle heroine is played by Liv Tyler, who at the time was being promoted as the new Ava Gardner. (This was one of Hollywood´s sad attempts to recapture the glamor of its studio-system past.) Liv Tyler is lovely, but she does not possess Gardner´s Southern sultriness, which would have been all wrong for Tatyana. As it is, her shy sensitivity fits the part like a glove. The story line is not slavishly faithful to Pushkin, but altogether it maintains the novel´s mood suitably, and evidently some people have complained that the film is not at all warm. But let´s be honest: this isn´t Paris, it´s St Petersburg, and, like that city, ´Onegin´ can, appropriately, be a bit cold and distant.. And summed up by saying Love in winter. Currently Onegin has an overall rating of 8 over 10.
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Ralph Fiennes claimed In the opulent st. Petersburg of the empire period eugene onegin is a jaded but dashing aritocrat a man often lacking in empathy who suffers from restlessness melancholy and finally regret. Through his best friend lensky onegin is introduced to the young tatiana. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 09/14/2004 Starring: Ralph Fiennes Liv Tyler Run time: 100 minutes Rating: R Director: Martha Fiennes
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