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ANNA K.

By José Roberto AGUILAR

Drama - Completed 2011

Anna K. is the first feature film of the artist José Roberto Aguilar, inspired by the famous Russian novel Anna Karenina.
After 50 years of innovation in different formats and languages, Aguilar decides to explore filmmaking, applying his rythym and plasticity into a classic plot.

- Year of production
- 2011
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- BRAZIL
- Languages
- PORTUGUESE, RUSSIAN
- Budget
- 0 - 0.3 M$
- Director(s)
- José Roberto AGUILAR
- Writer(s)
- José Roberto AGUILAR
- Cast
- Leona CAVALLI, Vadim NIKITIN
- Producer(s)
- Juliana VICENTE (Preta Portê Filmes)
- Synopsis
- Anna K. tells the story of Joana Fonseca, a Brazilian girl obsessed with Russian literature. Her obsession drives her to Anna Karenina, the famous character from Tolstoi's novel, who will try to seduce Joana. Vadim Nikitin, a Russian professor will, in 8 lessons, try to stop Joana from having the same tragic destiny of the book. The film combines narrative and poetry, under the brushes of the performative artist José Roberto Aguilar.