- Release Date: 2000
- Runtime: 106 min
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Julie Walters, Geraldine James, Nathaniel Parker ... see all
- Director: Reverge Anselmo
- Plot: A younger boy falls in love with a tragic girl who flirts with, and manipulates, her older suitors in 1800's Russia.
User Reviews
The impulsiveness of youth
Jun 21, 2008
torstenbaden - imdb.com
Jun 21, 2008torstenbaden - imdb.com
Maybe the reason why I like this movie is mostly that I like the story "First Love" which the movie is based on. I can understand from another of the user comments that there is a lot of symbolism in... Full review
A month in the country
Sep 18, 2005
jotix100 - imdb.com
Sep 18, 2005jotix100 - imdb.com
This film under the title of "Lover's prayer" was shown recently on cable. Not having seen the film before, we decided to take a chance on it. Director Reverge Anselmo has adapted two short stories, by Ivan Turgenev and Anton... Full review
Exposition-filled, clumsy badness with what should have been a good cast.
Jan 27, 2005
elzezuk - imdb.com
Jan 27, 2005elzezuk - imdb.com
This film is surprisingly appalling. Another reviewer states that he does not understand why no-one has claimed the screenplay, but I don't understand the lack of understanding; I can't imagine that anyone would willingly admit to writing this script -... Full review
wow. that was awful.
Dec 18, 2004
Alex Feigelson - imdb.com
Dec 18, 2004Alex Feigelson - imdb.com
I would compare this film with a painful root canal I once had...but I wouldn't want to insult my dentist.I base my opinion on the following...the film contains:- bad acting (and to wit; bad casting) - bad writing - bad... Full review
Closer to the truth
Mar 18, 2004
sjm136 - imdb.com
Mar 18, 2004sjm136 - imdb.com
The only comment I have read thus far that encapsulated this film was by a Russian woman from Moscow. Everthing in this film evokes Russia in Summer for the period intended. There is a quality of innocence that is captured... Full review
Lush, Evocative, Beautiful
Mar 02, 2004
tarage - imdb.com
Mar 02, 2004tarage - imdb.com
Yes, this is a period piece -- pre-WWI Russia, to be precise. I only caught the last third of the movie or so, but it was enough to captivate me. The characters were interesting; the music poignant, the scenery stunning.... Full review
This is a very Sad story...
Nov 08, 2002
Ilya Ognev - imdb.com
Nov 08, 2002Ilya Ognev - imdb.com
Answer for somebody's question: This is original screenplay was wrote with use Turgenev's novel "First Love" (Turgenev is Russian writer). This movie filmed almost as original novel... But there are some interesting details was erased. For example: Voldemar have not... Full review
Story never quite picks up the pace
Jun 30, 2002
polexia - imdb.com
Jun 30, 2002polexia - imdb.com
All Forgotten is a period drama, set in 1900's Russia and starring Kirsten Dunst and Nick Stahl. Stahl's character falls in love with next door neighbor Dunst, but she's too busy toying with much older suitors. The men fall at... Full review
Very Strange.
Jul 05, 2001
mickey dripping - imdb.com
Jul 05, 2001mickey dripping - imdb.com
This film is very strange. It looks picturesque. It moves at the pace of a snail. It mimics great Russian epics such as "War and Peace", but no-one will take credit for the screenplay. Who wrote the story? Is it... Full review
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The hero of the unlikely British drama Lover's Prayer , based on Ivan Turgenev's story "First Love," is a frail, pale-faced, Russian boy named Vladimir (Nick Stahl) who stumbles through the movie as if his legs were stilts, barely finishing... ... Full Article



