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FILM DETAILS

Certificate 12A

Cast Jude Law Aaron Taylor-Johnson Olivia Wilde Matthew Macfadyen Kelly Macdonald Saoirse Ronan Andrea Riseborough Keira Knightley

Directors Joe Wright

Screenwriters Tom Stoppard

Running Time 129 minutes

Anna Karenina
It’s Doctor Zhivago indoors

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Plot
In Imperial Russia 1874, socialite Anna Karenina (Knightley), seemingly content in a passionless marriage to dependable government official Karenin (Law), falls for dashing cavalry officer Count Vronsky (Taylor-Johnson) and starts an affair that turns her world and polite Russian society upside down.

Verdict
If it doesn’t ultimately engage your heart as it might, Anna Karenina is period drama at its most exciting, intoxicating and modern. Spellbinding.


Reviewed by Ian Freer

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