Premiere: Ralph Fiennes, Two Women ( The Fan Carpet)

The Fan Carpet s Mikey spoke to Ralph Fiennes at the UK Premiere of Two Women. he setting is the Islaev country estate, Russia in the 1840s. Beautiful and headstrong Natalya Petrovna is married to Arkadi Islaev, a rich landowner seven years her senior. Bored with life, she welcomes the attentions of Islaevs visiting friend and her devoted admirer, Mikhail Rakitin (Ralph Fiennes), without ever letting their friendship develop into a love affair. The arrival of a handsome tutor, 21yearold student Aleksei