Alun Armstrong, Elena Prokina, Harriet Walter

Graham Vick's venerated production of "Eugene Onegin" -- recorded during the first season in Glyndebourne's new opera house -- sets author Aleksandr Pushkin's tale of ill-fated love, tragedy and rejec...( read more  read more... )tion against the milieu of a keenly observed Russian society. As young Tatyana (Elena Prokina) proclaims her love for Onegin (Wojciech Drabowicz), Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky's powerful music conveys her passion and anguish.

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Unrated, 100 min.

Directed by: Martha Fiennes

Release Date: December 17, 1999

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DVD Release Date: October 25, 2005

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  • September 2, 2008
    It was boring, had me snoring, te de doo da. Extravagant in detail but thin in just about everything else. Woman loves man, man leaves, man comes back, loves woman, they don't get together. More about one womans pride and refusal to cheat on her husband if anything. It is bland a...( read more)nd contains no substance. The emotions it deals with are the most interesting aspects but everything looks so dreary. A duel half way through was magnificently filmed and really captured the tension of the moment, as well as being beautifully shot. Fiennes' reaction was brilliant and thoughtful, as is a lot of the acting in this film. It's just a shame that the film is as interesting as putting on a coat, and not a nice shiny coat with lights, just a normal brown coat. Doesn't even have a hole in it with an interesting story behind it.
  • May 31, 2006
    Should have been so much more, but refreshing none the less.
  • September 25, 2009
    Onegin was a charming and dramatic romance. It contained all of the elements of a great film. The acting was good. I could have only desire an extension of the romantic relationship with Onegin and Tatiana. There were very dramatic moments in the movie. The snow scenes were beaut...( read more)iful and I recommend this movie for those romantics at heart.
  • December 27, 2007
    A personal favorite.
  • July 25, 2009
    Romantic tragedy, a bout a man who juilts a woman when she declares her love. Later when she is married, he realizes what he had and lost too late. and is left a lonely old man. Good film, not a lot of dialouge. Love Ralph Fiennes and Liv Tyler.
  • April 19, 2009
    he didn't get the girl,great love story......
  • March 30, 2009
    I'm a great fan of ralph fiennes. So when i came across this film i couldn't wait to see it. And indeed it was just the way i hoped it would be. Although,this movie is a not love ever after (don't all the great love stories are) it was surely very romantic in its own right as ...( read more)it was overwhelming.
    Unrequited love comes with its pain but when you realize at the end that there was love after all how painful can it get. Worse, the love cannot be consummated because it's already too late.
    The woman he loved will not compromise her vows even for the sake of being with the one who still has her love. And had chosen to admonish him rather than give in.
  • February 27, 2009
    Good cast but it was too slow,had to turn it off in the end.
  • October 17, 2008
    No thankyou - Not interested
  • October 3, 2008
    I really (really) like Ralph Fiennes and he is wonderful in this as is Liv Tyler - just perfection. This was directed by Ralph's wife Martha and the script is lifted from Aleksandr Pushkin's sonnet of love and tragedy. It was beautifully cast, beautifully filmed, however - just...( read more) wasn't enough substance to this. The dialoge itself was there, but minimal and there are long moments between when the picture is telling the story more than the words, especially the second half of the movie - which is fine (I suppose) but it was so sedate at times it nearly lulled me to sleep. But it's beautiful visually and a lovely old tale of a love that cannot be had.

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