Two Women
Seen it?2014 | 100 min | Romance, Drama
Sunday Safe Betearly ratingWhy it’s a Sunday Safe Bet
It earned strong reviews (89% on Rotten Tomatoes), though it had almost no lasting buzz and soft box office. A safe bet when you want something reliable.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for romantics. If you loved Amadeus or Driving Miss Daisy, start here.
- The mood
- Warm and romantic.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 40 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
A headstrong young woman is married to land baron. Her feelings for her son's tutor becomes a complex web of unrequited love.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsStrong
89% on Rotten Tomatoes, 54 on Metacritic
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 5K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Vera Glagoleva
- Ralph FiennesMikhail Rakitin
- Sylvie TestudElisaveta Bogdanovna
- Aleksandr BaluevArkadi Islaev
- Larisa MalevannayaAnna Semenovna
- Sergey YushkevichIgnaty Shpigelsky
- Anna VartanyanNatalya Petrovna
- Anna NakhapetovaKatya, servant
- Anna LevanovaVerochka
- Nikita VolkovAleksei Belyaev
- Bernd MossSchaaf