Love and Death Summary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Woody Allen
Genres: Comedy
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Woody_Allen's Love and Death is purportedly a satire of all things Russian, from Leo_Tolstoy and Fyodor_Dostoyevsky novels to Sergei_Eisenstein films, but it plays more like a spin on Bob_Hope's Monsieur_Beaucaire. Allen plays Boris, a 19th century Russian who falls in love with his distant (and married) cousin Sonja (Diane_Keaton). Pressed into service with the Russian army during the war against Napoleon, Boris accidentally becomes a hero, then goes on to win a duel against a cuckolded husband (Harold_Gould). He returns to Sonja, hoping to settle down on the Steppes somewhere, but Sonja has become fired up with patriotic fervor, insisting that Boris join a plot to kill Napoleon. Intellectual in-jokes abound in Love and Death, and other gags are basic Allen one-liners; for instance, after being congratulated for his lovemaking skills, Boris replies nonchalantly, "I practice a lot when I'm alone." The pseudo-Russian ambience of Love and Death is comically enhanced by the Sergey_Prokofiev compositions on the musical track. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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