2012 · drama · romance · history
Anna Karenina
Directed by Joe Wright2h 9m2012
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.
Our read: Anna Karenina (2012) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama · romance · history entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
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