The last vestiges of a family that has gone from cherry season to sorrow... Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled, aging aristocrat who, upon returning from a trip to Paris, must face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after defaulting on her mortgage. In denial, she continues to live in the past, deluding herself and her family, while the magnificent cherry trees are chopped down by the new owner Lopakhin, her former serf, who has his own agenda.
Direction
Peter Brook strips Chekhov to raw, breathing essentials.
Acting
Natasha Parry's denial so real you'll want to shake her.
Director
Peter Brook
Niels Arestrup
Lopakhine
Natasha Parry
Lioubov
Michel Piccoli
Léonid
Catherine Frot
Douniacha
Anne Consigny
Ania
Maurice Bénichou
Yacha
Claude Evrard
Epikhodov
Robert Murzeau
Firs
Michèle Simonnet
Charlotta
Nathalie Nell
Varia
Jacques Debary
Pistchitk
Joseph Blatchley
Patia Trofimov
Jean-Paul Denizon
Le passant et le chef de gare
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Peter Brook filmed this in a Paris theatre with no set changes, forcing actors to exist in continuous, suffocating real-time.
Chekhov wrote this in 1904 as the Russian aristocracy collapsed; Brook's 1982 version arrived as neoliberalism began its own orchard-clearing.
No ratings yet
Sign in to join the discussion — comments are spoiler-gated to your watch progress.
Discussion starters
FR
