Onkel Wanja

Do you sometimes feel restless and restless and yet have the feeling that you are not getting anywhere? Do you sometimes wonder whether your life could have taken a completely different course? Well, at least you're in good company: take Iván Petrówitsch Wojnízkij, known as Uncle Vanya, for example. For years, he has devotedly managed his deceased sister's estate in order to finance the career and city life of his brother-in-law Alexander Vladimirovich Serebryakov.

Or the doctor and conservationist Astrov, whose life as a country doctor has turned him into a disillusioned cynic. Vanya's niece Sonya, who also sacrifices herself and is hopelessly in love with Astrov. Domestic friend Iljá Iljítsch Telégin, who is still financing his wife, who left him the day after their wedding. María Wassíljewna, who would rather be anywhere but here. And last but not least, Marína - perhaps the only one in this society who seems content with the status quo. When Serebryakov can no longer afford to live in the city and arrives in the company of his second wife Elena, the monotonous country life is finally set in motion: long unfulfilled longings, long lost opportunities and finally shattered dreams make for vodka-filled nights, eruptive love confessions and tangible conflicts. How much you want to escape this, your life! How panicky you become in the face of the passing of time! And who should you blame for all this? Yourself? The others? Life itself? Some will realize how much their own life decisions have led them astray, others will rush with all their might for what they believe to be their last chance at romantic fulfillment. Is it even possible to fundamentally change our lives, or are we doomed to eternal repetition?