"Life is in ourselves and not in the external. To be a human being among human beings, and remain one forever, no matter what misfortunes befall, not to become depressed, and not to falter--this is what life is, herein lies its task." FD
A taut new adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's classic tale of murder, guilt and redemption. "Crime and Punishment" is one of the most gripping and claustrophobic works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, a writer with an uncanny ability to transcribe the mental contortions and shifting uncertainties of characters on the edge of madness. (He was himself an epileptic in a time when the condition was little understood, and a chronic gambler.) Raskolnikov, a former student, murders an elderly woman money-lender and her half sister on the premise that certain people are born possessed of an intrinsic right that entitles them to commit all manner of crimes in the name of humanity. Having taken the steps from thought to deed, however, he finds himself unable to bear the horror of what he has done and embarks upon a difficult journey through denial, confession and, ultimately, redemption. A thoroughly transporting night of high drama and, quite simply, a rollicking good story.
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