An extraordinary direction, that of Marco Bellocchio struggling, in 1977, with "Il gabbiano" by Anton Čechov. The story of Nina and Costantino, two ambitious ones who deal with disappointments, loneliness and failure, are told by Bellocchio with directorial solutions of unprecedented psychological depth, with close-ups that make this adaptation dizzying.
An extraordinary direction, that of Marco Bellocchio struggling, in 1977, with "Il gabbiano" by Anton Čechov. The story of Nina and Costantino, two ambitious ones who deal with disappointments, loneliness and failure, are told by Bellocchio with directorial solutions of unprecedented psychological depth, with close-ups that make this adaptation dizzying.
