Gurov and Anna is a Canadian drama film, directed by Rafaël Ouellet and released in 2014.
[1] The film stars Andreas Apergis as Ben, a literature professor in Montreal who is obsessed with Anton Chekhov's short story "The Lady with the Dog", and begins trying to act it out in his real life by commencing a love affair with his student Mercedes (Sophie Desmarais) in which he can be the Gurov to her Anna.
[3] It was both Ouellet's first English-language film, and his first time directing a screenplay he had not written himself.
[4] The film premiered in October 2014 at the 19th Busan International Film Festival,[5] and had its Canadian premiere later in the month at the Festival du nouveau cinéma,[6] before going into commercial release in early 2015.
[7] Screenwriter Céleste Parr received a nomination for Best Screenplay at the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2016.