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Word: spiridonov (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...armored only in innocence and determination and those qualities blinker him. He has nothing to compare Russian life to; as far as he knows, the whole world is as gray and unpromising as the territory he traverses. There is nothing sentimental in the way little Kolya Spiridonov plays him. Like almost all the other players in The Italian, he is not a professional actor and so he seems not to be acting at all; every encounter, whether cruel or kindly, is naturalistically (and neutrally) accepted and processed by him, after which he proceeds along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Little Orphan Vanya | 1/19/2007 | See Source »

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