Menna Trussler

Anthony Hopkins's directorial debut (adapted from Anton Chekov's play "Uncle Vanya") follows Ieuan Davies (Hopkins), a turn-of-the-century gentleman living on a South Wales country estate. When the manor's insufferable owner (Leslie Phillips) arrives for the summer, Ieuan falls for the man's lovely but self-seeking wife (Kate Burton). Also infected by her beauty is the town doctor (Gawn Grainger) -- to the dismay of Ieuan's niece (Rhian Morgan).

Chekov's Uncle Vanya, transposed to turn-of-the-century North Wales, where the peace and tranquillity of a country house is disturbed by the arrival of the estates tyrannical owner and his American wife.