Focus Features has released six-minute clip of the upcoming adaptation of Leo Tolstoy‘s classic novel Anna Karenina.
The film unfolds in its original late-19th-century Russia high-society setting and powerfully explores the capacity for love that surges through the human heart, from the passion between adulterers to the bond between a mother and her children. As Knightley’s titular character questions her happiness, change comes to her family, friends, and community.
Here’s the synopsis for the film
“The third collaboration of Academy Award nominee Keira Knightley with director Joe Wright, following the award-winning box office successes “Pride & Prejudice” and “Atonement,” is the epic love story “Anna Karenina,” adapted from Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel by Academy Award winner Tom Stoppard (“Shakespeare in Love”). The story unfolds in its original late-19th-century Russia high-society setting and powerfully explores the capacity for love that surges through the human heart, from the passion between adulterers to the bond between a mother and her children. As Anna (Ms. Knightley) questions her happiness, change comes to her family, friends, and community.”
Directed by Joe Wright, written by Tom Stoppard, and starring Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Johnson, Kelly Macdonald, Matthew Macfayden, Emily Watson, Olivia Williams, and Alicia Vikander, Anna Karenina opens November 16th, 2012.
Take a look at the new clip, below…
