At the back of a bare living room, two women are playing cards, preferably.
They are Anna, the grandmother (Isabelle Gardien), and her companion, Lizaveta (Mireille Roussel).
Slightly below, a man in his thirties, Rakitine (Stéphane Facco), tries to read to a dark-haired woman, also in her thirties.
Her name is Natalia (Clémence Boué), she is the wife of Arkady (Guillaume Ravoire), the rich owner of the place.
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Natalia seems to have her mind elsewhere.
This head elsewhere will be the whole subject of A Month in the Countryside.
A phonograph plays an extract from
Capulets and the Montagues
, by Bellini.
All these beautiful people are bored, but boredom doesn't seem to bother them.
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Rakitin is the householder's best friend and the platonic lover of his wife, Natalia.
Suddenly emerges from the garden Alexei (Louis Berthélémy), a young student hired as tutor to Natalia's son.
Immediately, we sense in her angry gaze and gestures that Alexei…
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