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Tchekhov, Shakespeare and Molière.
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- DirectorMichael CacoyannisStarsCharlotte RamplingAlan BatesTushka BergenAbandoned by her lover, the aristocratic Madame Lubov Ranevskaya returns to Russia, only to see her fragrant cherry orchard in full bloom: a painful reminder of her dire economic state and the imminent foreclosure of the enviable property.
- DirectorLouis MalleStarsWallace ShawnPhoebe BrandGeorge GaynesNew York actors rehearse Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" in a dilapidated theatre.
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsKenneth BranaghEmma ThompsonKeanu ReevesYoung lovers, and soon to wed, Hero and Claudio conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles, Benedick and Beatrice, to wed as well.
- DirectorAndrey KonchalovskiyStarsInnokentiy SmoktunovskiySergey BondarchukIrina KupchenkoThe ordinary life of the Russian provincial intellectuals seems to them gray and bleak. Are exceptions possible?
- DirectorYuli KarasikStarsAlla DemidovaVladimir ChetverikovNikolai PlotnikovBased on Chekhov's homonymous play, "The Seagull" narrates the story of a disturbed family and their acquaintances during summertime in the countryside.
- DirectorMilagros MumenthalerStarsMaría CanaleMartina JuncadellaAilín SalasPortrait of everyday life of Marina, Sofia and Violeta, three sisters living in Buenos Aires his grandmother's house, the woman who raised her, after she has died.
- DirectorRichard LaGraveneseStarsHolly HunterDanny DeVitoQueen LatifahJudith Nelson quit her medical studies to marry. Years later, her husband, a physician, divorces her to be with another doctor. Deeply frustrated, she now lives alone in her luxury apartment in New York, looking for a new meaning for her life. Pat Francato, the janitor and lift-boy, has a troubled life himself: Gambling debts and the tragic death of his daughter took away all his spirit. One day, he and Judith meet in the right mood and a fragile friendship starts to grow. They can help each other to get on their feet again. But one false move could destroy everything they built so carefully.
- DirectorBaz LuhrmannStarsLeonardo DiCaprioClaire DanesJohn LeguizamoShakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue.
- DirectorJulie TaymorStarsHelen MirrenFelicity JonesDjimon HounsouShakespeare's epic play is translated from page to screen, with the gender of the main character, Prospero, changed from male to female.
- DirectorMichael HoffmanStarsKevin KlineMichelle PfeifferRupert EverettLovers' lives are complicated by city law, feuding faerie royalty, and... love.
- DirectorGus Van SantStarsRiver PhoenixKeanu ReevesJames RussoTwo best friends living on the streets of Portland as hustlers embark on a journey of self discovery and find their relationship stumbling along the way.
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsKenneth BranaghDerek JacobiSimon ShepherdIn the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
- DirectorPhilip CassonTrevor NunnStarsIan McKellenJudi DenchJohn BownMacbeth (Ian McKellen) is a daring member of the Scottish military, who receives a revelation from three menacing sorceresses that he will someday become the King of Scotland. This information gives him a thirst for power, and with prompting from his wife, Lady Macbeth (Judi Dench), he kills the current leader in order to take the throne. But he must continue to commit murders to keep his actions a secret, and soon no one is safe.
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsTakuya ShimadaBrian BlessedRichard CliffordA daughter of the powerful Duke must show her courage and inventiveness to be with the man she loves.
- DirectorJulie TaymorStarsAnthony HopkinsJessica LangeOsheen JonesTitus returns victorious from war, only to plant the seeds of future turmoil for himself and his family.
- DirectorOliver ParkerStarsLaurence FishburneKenneth BranaghIrène JacobThe Moorish General Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his Lieutenant Michael Cassio, when in reality, it is all part of the scheme of a bitter Ensign named Iago.
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsAlessandro NivolaAlicia SilverstoneNatascha McElhoneAn update of the classic Shakespeare story, director Kenneth Branagh shot the film like a classic 1930s musical. It tells the story of four best friends who swear off love.
- DirectorRichard LoncraineStarsIan McKellenAnnette BeningChristopher BowenThe classic Shakespearean play about the murderously scheming 15th-century king is reimagined in an alternative setting of 1930s England as clouds of fascism gather.
- StarsAnton LesserSimon Russell BealeTom GeorgesonA mini-series of adaptations of Shakespeare's history plays: Richard II, Henry IV: Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V.
- DirectorGeorges BensoussanStarsIsabelle GardienClaude MathieuÉric FreyMoliere is ferocious with the provincial people who try to follow the Paris' fashion about the fine language. But, may be, these people are dreaming higher than the harshness and the violence of the century, and did, their romanticized lives, merit the exile and this ridicule ?
- DirectorLouis de FunèsJean GiraultStarsLouis de FunèsFranck Cabot-DavidHervé BellonAn incredible miser fights against the whole world to multiply his wealth.
- DirectorJean-Louis BenoîtStarsGérard GiroudonPhilippe TorretonIsabelle GardienMoliere's text is brought to live by a refreshing ensemble that makes his observations of an ungrateful world resonate with our times.
- DirectorGérard DepardieuStarsGérard DepardieuFrançois PérierYveline AilhaudBlinded by admiration, Orgon, a property-owning French man, brings the poor and insincere Tartuffe into his home and arranges for his daughter to marry him. Various members of the family attempt to have Tartuffe thrown out.
- DirectorJacques WeberStarsJacques WeberMichel BoujenahEmmanuelle BéartSpain in the mid-seventeenth century. A series of bloody wars has ravaged the nation. Don Juan the nobleman and his valet, Sganarelle, roam the countryside on horseback, on the run and lost. Don Juan promised to marry Donna Elvira and then forsook her. He is such a womanizer - when being saved by a fisherman from ship wreck, he causes two beautiful girls from the fishing village, Mathurine and Charlotte, fighting with each other to win his heart (and yet he never takes them seriously). Alonso and Don Carlos, Donna's brothers, are pursuing him like textbook medieval heroes bent on avenging the insult to their family's honor.
- DirectorChristian de ChalongeStarsChristian ClavierMichèle BernierConstance DolléMonsieur Jourdain,a rich bourgeois ,wants to imitate the aristocrats .He hires masters,to teach him music,dance, philosophy and fencing.But his wildest dream is his daughter ,Lucile, marrying a noble.All his entourage ,teachers and aristocrats ,are spongers who make the most of his naivete .His wife is more sensible,and is not fooled by these delusions of grandeur.She knows that a son-in-law who's not from her condition is a nuisance to live with at home and she helps Cléonte ,a man of common birth ,to win her daughter's hand in marriage.
- DirectorPhilippe MiquelStarsOlivier PerrierCaroline PietteMonique BrunAn elderly and inexperienced man makes clumsy attempts to marry his naive young ward.
- DirectorGeorges BensoussanStarsYves GascCatherine SamieAlain PralonPhilaminte, the Chrysale's wife, and her daughter Armande are under the influence of a fashionable poetry which rages in a certain "bourgeois milieu" in Paris. They are overcomed by the poems of Trissotin, cynicaller than you think. Philaminte decided to marry him her daughter Henriette who is in love with Clitandre. She complains to his father but it's a clever trap imagined by her uncle Ariste which is going to reveal the truth: Trissotin is involved by the money and when Arist reads a false letter which says that Chrysale has lost his fortune, Trissotin goes away.