National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard

Movie · 3h 5m

Starring Zoë Wanamaker, Claudie Blakley, Mark Bonnar, Pip Carter

Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled, aging aristocratic lady who returns from a trip to Paris to face the loss of her magnificent Cherry Orchard estate after a default on the mortgage. In denial, she continues living in the past, deluding herself and her family, while the beautiful cherry trees are being axed down by the re-possessor Lopakhin, her former serf, who has his own agenda.