The Black Monk

The Black Monk

2017
1h 50m
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Overview

Based on the short story by Anton Chekhov, Kama Ginkas’ astounding reimagining highlights and builds off of the Chekhovian tension between the beauty of life and the tragedy of how it is lived. The story tells the the tale of philosophy student Andrey Vasil'ich Kovrin. On the verge of a nervous breakdown, Kovrin decides to visit his childhood friend Tanya Pesotsky at the estate of her father. As he and Tanya develop a relationship and eventually marry, a black monk of legend begins appearing to Kovrin in visions. Though these hallucinations at first imbue the young man with joy and energy, they eventually lead to his ruin.

Status: Released

Language: RU

Production Information

Production Countries
Russia
Spoken Languages
Russian

Quick Facts

Original Title Черный монах
Release Date February 20, 2017
Status Released
Language RU
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Cast

Sergey Makovetskiy
Sergey Makovetskiy

Andrey Kovrin

Valeriy Barinov
Valeriy Barinov

Yegor Pesotsky

Yuliya Svezhakova
Yuliya Svezhakova

Tanya Pesotskaya

Igor Yasulovich
Igor Yasulovich

Black Monk

Key Crew

Kama Ginkas
Director