Sentences with phrase «by her uncle vanya»

Needing to care for her infirmed mother, Dominica is recruited by her Uncle Vanya (Matthias Schoenaerts, «The Danish Girl») to become a Sparrow, one of a particular group of spies for the Russian state that identify a target's psychological needs and fill the gap in order to gain the information they need.

Facing eviction and with no more healthcare for her sick mother (Joely Richardson), she is blackmailed by her Uncle Vanya (Matthias Schoenaerts) into working for him in Russian intelligence.

Deprived of the Bolshoi's free accommodation and financial backing and with an ailing mother to support, Dominika is strong - armed by her uncle Vanya — the Chekhov joke never lands — to join one of the state schools which train «sparrows», a name given to the women who are ruthlessly drilled in techniques of seduction, blackmail and sexual entrapment in the service of the intelligence agencies.

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With a sick mother to care for, she's coerced by her Putin - doppelgänger Uncle Vanya (Matthias Schoenaerts) to target a Russian bigwig, whom she met before her final performance.

Enter not - so - kindly Uncle Vanya (Matthais Schoenaerts), a high - ranking Russian intelligence officer who offers to shepherd her through what amounts to a «spy school» run by the nameless Matron (Charlotte Rampling).

So her uncle Vanya (Matthias Schoenaerts) sends her on a little mission for the Kremlin to test her persuasive skills — by seducing an oligarch — and see if she might be a good fit for his work.

She plays Dominika, a Bolshoi ballerina whose career is ended by an injury, leading her uncle Vanya (Matthias Schoenaerts)-- deputy director of Russia's CIA equivalent, the SVR — to blackmail her into becoming a government asset.

Based on a book by Jason Matthews, Red Sparrow follows follows Russian ballerina Dominika Egorova (Jennifer Lawrence) as she's essentially forced to become a spy by her ambitious uncle (Matthias Schoenaerts» Vanya Egorov)- with Dominika's first mission, after completing a stint at a «sparrow» school for spies, requiring her to win the trust of a C.I.A. agent named Nate Nash (Joel Edgerton).

(He's played by Matthias Schoenaerts, and yes, he really is called Uncle Vanya.)

Lawrence the actress plays Dominika, a Bolshoi ballerina who suffers a terrible injury and is coerced into a new career as a sort of sex spy by her slippery government agent uncle, Vanya.

Other theatre credits include Vanya in UNCLE VANYA and Malvolio in TWELFTH NIGHT at the Donmar Warehouse production at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), which won him Best Actor at the 2002 Olivier and Evening Standard Awards as well as a Village Voice Obie; Monty Python's SPAMALOT in New York and London; Leontes in THE WINTER»S TALE and Lopakhin in THE CHERRY ORCHARD, both directed by Sam Mendes at BAM, on a European tour and at the Old Vic; THE HOTHOUSE by Harold Pinter at the Trafalgar Studios; DEATH TRAP at the Noel Coward Theatre; and PRIVATES ON PARADE as part of the Michael Grandage West End SeVanya in UNCLE VANYA and Malvolio in TWELFTH NIGHT at the Donmar Warehouse production at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), which won him Best Actor at the 2002 Olivier and Evening Standard Awards as well as a Village Voice Obie; Monty Python's SPAMALOT in New York and London; Leontes in THE WINTER»S TALE and Lopakhin in THE CHERRY ORCHARD, both directed by Sam Mendes at BAM, on a European tour and at the Old Vic; THE HOTHOUSE by Harold Pinter at the Trafalgar Studios; DEATH TRAP at the Noel Coward Theatre; and PRIVATES ON PARADE as part of the Michael Grandage West End SeVANYA and Malvolio in TWELFTH NIGHT at the Donmar Warehouse production at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), which won him Best Actor at the 2002 Olivier and Evening Standard Awards as well as a Village Voice Obie; Monty Python's SPAMALOT in New York and London; Leontes in THE WINTER»S TALE and Lopakhin in THE CHERRY ORCHARD, both directed by Sam Mendes at BAM, on a European tour and at the Old Vic; THE HOTHOUSE by Harold Pinter at the Trafalgar Studios; DEATH TRAP at the Noel Coward Theatre; and PRIVATES ON PARADE as part of the Michael Grandage West End Season.

After being replaced by her company, Dominika is struggling to care for her ailing mother until her seedy intelligence agent uncle, Vanya (Matthias Schoenaerts), offers her a way out.

DVD Review Cold Souls Directed by: Sophie Barthes Cast: Paul Giamatti, Dina Korzun, Emily Watson, David Straithairn Running Time: 1 hr 40 min Rating: PG - 13 Due Out: March 2, 2010 PLOT: Paul Giamatti (Giamatti) is getting a little too depressed after playing Uncle Vanya, so he decides to de-soul for a little while.

She's learned of their dalliance through her skeezy uncle Vanya (Matthias Schoenaerts)-- yes, his name is Uncle fucking Vanya — a high - ranking official of the SVR who recruits Dominika to be a sex agent by getting her raped in a hotel uncle Vanya (Matthias Schoenaerts)-- yes, his name is Uncle fucking Vanya — a high - ranking official of the SVR who recruits Dominika to be a sex agent by getting her raped in a hotel Uncle fucking Vanya — a high - ranking official of the SVR who recruits Dominika to be a sex agent by getting her raped in a hotel room.

When her uncle Vanya (Matthias Schoenaerts) unwittingly draws her into Russia's political and dangerous underbelly, Dominika finds herself in a catch - 22 and either be eliminated by the state or be trained as a «sparrow» and master the arts of sexual manipulation in a school run by Matron (Charlotte Rampling).

Since not having the means to tend her ailing mother (Joely Richardson) can't be an option, Dominika, at the suggestion of her eldritch uncle Vanya (Matthias Schoenaerts), agrees to grow wings of ultimate manipulation at a school headlined by the icy Matron (Charlotte Rampling).

The first immediate departures from Chris Columbus's take on the material are aesthetic; in stark contrast to Columbus's cleanly arranged sets and frames, Alfonso Cuaron's world is grimy, shady, and more reactive to light and darkness, although he's more than willing to shake up the color palette by throwing in a red, pink, or green before the whole thing starts to look like a high - budget Uncle Vanya.

Also right up there is Louis Malle's «Vanya on 42nd Street» (1994), which revolves around a mid-town Manhattan staged reading of «Uncle Vanya» and is peerlessly performed by, among others, Wallace Shawn, Brooke Smith, and Julianne Moore.

AVC: Your character is tortured by the role he's playing in a stage production of Uncle Vanya.

In the new film Cold Souls, written and directed by first - timer Sophie Barthes, Giamatti is out front again as «Paul Giamatti,» an intense New York actor tortured by his role in a stage production of Uncle Vanya.