Torrents Of Spring
by Jerzy Skolimovski
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Actor: Nastassia Kinski, Timothy Hutton, Urbano Barberini, Valeria Golino, William ForsytheDirector: Jerzy Skolimovski
Brand: Buena Vista Home Video
Producer: Angelo Rizzoli
Writer: Jerzy Skolimowski
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: NTSC
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 1 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2012-01-06
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: LIONSGATE
Movie Reviews of Torrents Of Spring
Movie Review: Turgenev Adapted Ably but Idiosyncratically
Summary: 5 Stars
'Torrents of Spring' is one of Ivan Turgenev's finest love stories and contains both the exquisite evocation of Gemma Roselli's virginal love and the horrifying picture of the sexual gorgon, Maria Nikolaevna, who steals her fiance, Dmitri, and then discards him after he has served his turn. The novel is also filled with that typically Turgenevian nostalgia for the past and regret for lost youth and lost opportunities. This film is very well cast, with Timothy Hutton (Dmitri Sanin) and Valeria Golino (Gemma) perfectly chosen and presented for their roles. By contrast Natassia Kinski somehow fails to impress as the depraved older woman - the necessary charismatic sensuality simply isn't there. The film makes too little use of Emilio, the brother, but contains superb presentations of the Aspergers Syndrome egoist Herr Klueber and the impudent officer Baron Dornhoff, whose underlying decency emerges at the end of the duel and whose unexpected sadness is apparent whenever he is near the femme fatale. The director has engaged in several daring innovations, such as the balloon ride at the picnic in Soden, having Maria watch the young lovers in the balloon and Sanin at the duel, having her invite Gemma to dinner (to finally detach Sanin from her), having her express sorrow at being unable to fall in love (this longing was apparent when she studied the lovers in the balloon through a spyglass) and having her shown as mocking Sanin most cruelly during a Venetian carnival. Brilliant imaginings by the director, but I think I would have preferred closer fidelity to Turgenev's tale. Anyone who enjoys high quality arthouse films dealing with romantic love in an ambience of beauty and nobility will thoroughly enjoy this wonderfully directed film.
Summary of Torrents Of Spring
Torrents Of Spring is an epic tale of love, passion and betrayal ? the story of one man and two women... In 1840, a young Russian aristocrat, Dimitri Sanin (Academy AwardŽ winner Timothy Hutton ? Best Supporting Actor, Ordinary People, 1980; Sunshine State), is returning home after a long tour of Europe. During a stopover in Germany,he encounters the beautiful young Gemma (Valeria Golino ? Frida) and falls in love with her. Maria Polozov (Nastassja Kinski ? Diary Of A Sex Addict) is envious of the couple's pure love and seduces Dimitri. Dimitri is caught in a whirlwind of emotion as he is unable to choose between his innocent love for Gemma and his sudden passion for Maria.This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
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