Gurov and Anna
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Marie-Dominique Michaud
Sophie Desmarais
| Gurov and Anna | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Rafaël Ouellet |
| Written by | Céleste Parr |
| Produced by | Jacques Blain Marie-Dominique Michaud |
| Starring | Andreas Apergis Sophie Desmarais |
| Cinematography | Geneviève Perron |
| Edited by | David Di Francesco |
Production company | Zone3 |
| Distributed by | Filmoption |
Release date |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Gurov and Anna is a Canadian drama film, directed by Rafaël Ouellet and released in 2014.[1] The film stars Andreas Apergis as Ben, a literature professor in Montreal who is obsessed with Anton Chekhov's short story "The Lady with the Dog", and begins trying to act it out in his real life by commencing a love affair with his student Mercedes (Sophie Desmarais) in which he can be the Gurov to her Anna.[2]
The film went into production in March 2014.[3] It was both Ouellet's first English-language film, and his first time directing a screenplay he had not written himself.[4]
The film premiered in October 2014 at the 19th Busan International Film Festival,[5] and had its Canadian premiere later in the month at the Festival du nouveau cinéma,[6] before going into commercial release in early 2015.[7]
Screenwriter Céleste Parr received a nomination for Best Screenplay at the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2016.[8]
