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This `Karenina' is gorgeous, but lacks passion

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 19970425
Author:Jay Carr, Globe Staff

LEO TOLSTOY'S ANNA KARENINA Directed and written by: Bernard Rose (from the novel by Tolstoy) Starring: Sophie Marceau, Sean Bean, Alfred Molina, Mia Kirshner, James Fox At: Kendall Square Rated: PG-13 (mature thematic elements and some sensuality/nudity)

If settings were all it took to make a film work, "Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina" would be home free. It's the first "Anna Karenina" to be filmed in Russia, and this makes a difference. Hollywood has never come close to capturing the gilded splendors of St. Petersburg. It's not only a visual authority but a psychological one that comes from ...

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