1 Movie Starring Elena Safonova

Dark Eyes

Dark Eyes

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-11-01

Languages:

Italian, Russian, French

Countries:

Italy, USA, Soviet Union

Runtime:

117 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (2051 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Aleksandr Adabashyan (story)

Nikita Mikhalkov (story)

Suso Cecchi D'Amico (scenario collaborator)

Anton Chekhov (short stories)

Fullplot:

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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