Ralph Fiennes To Star In Turgenev Movie
Ralph Fiennes is to star in a Turgenev adaptation called “Two Women.” This is good news: the actor has an intuitive feel for Russian material, even though I think that the “Onegin” in which he starred was unmoving. If I anticipate eagerly “Two Women,” I find it annoying that the news reports of the project fail to mention that the Turgenev on which it’s adapted is a play usually called “A Month in the Country.” I prefer that title to “Two Women,” but maybe the producers thought the latter had a frisson of lesbianism or at least catfight rivalry.
