Onegin1999

Director
Martha Fiennes

Acters

Ralph Fiennes (Onegin)
Liv Tyler (Tatyana)
Toby Stephens (Lensky)
Lena Headey (Olga)
Martin Donovan (Prince Nikitin)
Alun Armstrong (Zaretsky)

From Alexander Pushkin’s timeless masterpiece of love and obsession.

Eugene Onegin is a jaded and disaffected young man who leaves St. Petersburg unexpectedly when he inherits an estate from a wealthy uncle. In the country, he is a city sophisticate out of place, with little affinity for the countryside or its people. Nevertheless he strikes up a warm friendship with a neighbour, Vladimir Lensky and, despite his natural cynicism, is charmed by Lensky’s love for his fiance, a cutee Olga. He is also intrigued by Olga’s sister, Tatyana, a spirited beauty who surprises him with a passionate declaration of love. Onegin is disturbed by her directness but unable to respond and, coolly and politely, rejects her love.

“The heart of Pushkin’s celebrated classic pumps firm and full in debuting director Martha Fiennes’ richly textured pic version.” – Variety

“A pleasure in all ways.” – Los Angeles Times

“Breathtaking… Blazing emotional intensity!” – Screen International