简介：ThisisasubtleandsurprisingadaptationoftheChekhovnovella,asmallgemofafilmthatdeservesrediscovery.DisgracednoblemanVladimir(AlexanderKaidanovsky)issentbyaradicalgrouptoassassinateOrlov(PavelKadochnikov),animportantTsaristofficial.Togainaccesstothetarget,VladimirgetshiredasaservantforOrlov’sson(GeorgyTaratorkin).TherehehastotreadcarefullyandnottorevealhisnobleoriginsandknowledgeofFrench.WhilewitnessingOrlov,Jr.’saffairwiththeyoungandimpressionableZinaida(YevgeniyaSimonova),Vladimirgraduallystartsfeelingsympathyforthatusedandabusedwoman.Whatfollowsisneitheraromancenorapoliticalthrillerbutratherastoryofamanataturningpoint.DirectorVytautasZalakevicius,bestknownforthesomberLithuanianclassicNiekasnenorejomirti(NobodyWantedtoDie),offershereanunderstatedandmatureworkwherepausesandglancesoftenspeaklouderthanwords.…