The seagull, a Laluchien production & Markey Pictures production an Artina Films production ; produced by Jay Franke, David Herro, Robert Salerno, Tom Hulce and Leslie Urdang ; screenplay by Stephen Karam ; directed by Michael Mayer
Type
Label
The seagull, a Laluchien production & Markey Pictures production an Artina Films production ; produced by Jay Franke, David Herro, Robert Salerno, Tom Hulce and Leslie Urdang ; screenplay by Stephen Karam ; directed by Michael Mayer
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; for some mature thematic elements, a scene of violence, drug use, and partial nudity
Main title
The seagull
Responsibility statement
a Laluchien production & Markey Pictures production an Artina Films production ; produced by Jay Franke, David Herro, Robert Salerno, Tom Hulce and Leslie Urdang ; screenplay by Stephen Karam ; directed by Michael Mayer
Runtime
98
Summary
Aging actress Irina visits the country estate where her brother Sorin and her son Konstantin reside. She brings her lover Boris, a successful novelist. The estate teems with desire, jealousy and angst. The estate manager's daughter Masha is in love with Konstantin, who is in love with the sweet neighbor Nina, who is in love with Boris. Boris casually uses and discards Nina while Irina continuously treats Konstantin with similar disdain. Emotions run high and things come to a head against the beautiful and idyllic backdrop of the countryside
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
- Tenney, Jon, 1961-
- Zegen, Michael
- Dennehy, Brian
- Mayer, Michael, 1960-
- Moss, Elisabeth, 1982-
- Stoll, Corey, 1976-
- Bening, Annette
- Artina Films
- Markey Pictures
- Franke, Jay, (Film producer)
- Ronan, Saoirse, 1994-
- Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904
- Winningham, Mare
- Laluchien (Firm)
- Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
- Karam, Stephen
- Herro, David
Genre
Subject
- Motion pictures
- Comedy films
- DVD-Video discs.
- Drama
- Descriptive video service (DVS)
- Authors, Russian -- 19th century -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- 1800-1899
- Romance films
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Historical films
- Melodramas (Motion pictures)
- Artists -- Russia -- 19th century -- Drama
- Man-woman relationships -- Russia -- 19th century -- Drama
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Incoming Resources
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Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor17
- Tenney, Jon, 1961-
- Zegen, Michael
- Dennehy, Brian
- Mayer, Michael, 1960-
- Moss, Elisabeth, 1982-
- Stoll, Corey, 1976-
- Bening, Annette
- Artina Films
- Markey Pictures
- Franke, Jay, (Film producer)
- Ronan, Saoirse, 1994-
- Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904
- Winningham, Mare
- Laluchien (Firm)
- Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
- Karam, Stephen
- Herro, David
- Genre11
- Subject15
- Motion pictures
- Comedy films
- DVD-Video discs.
- Drama
- Descriptive video service (DVS)
- Authors, Russian -- 19th century -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- 1800-1899
- Romance films
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Historical films
- Melodramas (Motion pictures)
- Artists -- Russia -- 19th century -- Drama
- Man-woman relationships -- Russia -- 19th century -- Drama
- Content1
- resource.originPlace1
- Actor8
- resource.filmdirector1
- Film distributor1
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- resource.productioncompany3
- resource.screenwriter1