Chekhovskie motivy, since released in English as Chekhovian Motifs) is a 2002 Russian-Ukrainian comedy film directed by Kira Muratova.
[1] At the 2002 Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards Kira Muratova received the prize for Best Director.
[2] It is based on two works of Anton Chekhov: the short story Difficult People is divided to frame the one act play Tatyana Repina.
In the large Shiryaev family, the eldest son, Pyotr, a university student, struggles to free himself from his domineering father.
As Pyotr leaves home to head to the city for his studies, he unexpectedly finds himself at a rural church where a wedding of visiting bohemians is taking place.