Vania en la calle 42

A group of actors rehearses Uncle Vanya, the well-known play by Anton Chekhov. Louis Malle brought the elite of the New York scene together to shoot what has eventually become a benchmark title in his films and probably one of the best adaptations – with David Mamet’s contribution – of this classic of Russian and universal theatre. A version that draws a blurred line between the performers and their characters, without the illusion of the set or costumes, just the run-down and dilapidated space of an abandoned New York theatre.