"Just like that initial instant when he heard about her and her husband breaking up, Vronsky read the letter and unwittingly sank into a naturally occurring emotion triggered by his own relationship with the disgraced husband." The intense afternoon sunlight enveloped the balcony, casting a glittering golden glow, yet the reading voice under the cool shade had already ceased.
Sophie Marceau lifted her arm to her forehead, looking up at the still somewhat azure sky through the edge of the parasol, then let out a long sigh. After zoning out for a few minutes, she picked up the book again, but this time she did not read aloud. She had flipped through this French version of "Anna Karenina" countless times and was quite familiar with the plot's trajectory, often comparing it with the adapted screenplay and having discussed it numerous times with the already finalized director, Angelica Vika. She was confident in portraying the essence of the character.
