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Release Year: 2010
Nation: United States of America
Alternative Title: Дуэль, The Duel
Director: Dover Koshashvili
Writer: Anton Chekhov, Mary Bing
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Companies: Duel Productions
Genre: Drama
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The story unfolds in a decaying seaside resort along the Black Sea coast. Laevsky, a dissipated romantic, has run off with Nadya, another man's wife, but now grows tired of her and wants to abandon her. However, he faces two obstacles: he is broke, and Von Koren, an arrogant zoologist and former friend who cannot tolerate Laevsky's irresponsibility, is absolutely opposed to his plans. Laevsky confronts Von Koren about meddling in his affairs, but Von Koren manipulates the conversation into a challenge for a duel. Utterly discombobulated and honor-bound, Laevsky agrees to this absurd duel.
Directed by Dover Koshashvili, 'Anton Chekhov's The Duel' (2010) is an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's short story of the same name. Set in a decaying seaside resort in Russia, the film explores themes of betrayal and the escalating animosity between two men with opposing philosophies of life: Laevsky, a dissipated romantic involved in an illicit relationship with Nadya, and Von Koren, an arrogant zoologist who can no longer tolerate Laevsky's irresponsibility.
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