British director Joe Wright brings us his new period drama and the sixth re-make of the film Anna Karenina.
The film displays the best of British not only from the director but cast alike with a strikingly talented lead and support cast headed by the absorbing Keira Knightly (Atonement, Pirates of the Caribbean) and majestic Jude Law (Sherlock Holmes, Alfie, Cold Mountain). There an array of promising young talents with Aaron Taylor- Johnson (Kick-Ass, Nowhere Boy, The Illusionist) the pick of them.
Anna Karenina tells the story of an aristocrat married woman who has an affair and becomes the talk of high society. Based on the novel by Russian author Leo Tolstoy and set in 19th century Russia, artless wife and mother Anna Karenina (Knightly) who's married to the government official Alexei Karenin (Law), comes to Moscow from her St Petersburg home on a mission to save her brother Oblonsky's relationship to Dolly after being caught having an affair. Karenina must persuade Dolly to forgive and forget her brother's wrongs and keep their marriage together.
However, upon Karenina's visit to Moscow she falls for a handsome young army officer Count Vronsky (Taylor-Johnson) the more time they spend in each other's company the romance and betrayal accelerates and soon Karenina and Vronsky are the talk of higher society as both of their lives become more and more under threat.
Anna Karenina is a beautifully shot period drama with an array of wonderful performances from all. Staying true to the novel it's a film for all cinema goers to watch and enjoy.
*Anna Karenina is period drama at its most exciting, intoxicating and modern. Spellbinding* Ian Freer
*It's a handsome thing, shot in an aching golden light by Seamus McGarvey and silkily edited by Melanie Oliver* Anthony Quinn
Anna Karenina is showing at Gloucester Guildhall between Friday 2nd November and Tuesday 6th November.
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