Tsumi to Batsu
罪と罰
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Synopsis
Child Rascalnikov faces moral crisis in revolutionary Russia after crime, judged by Polifili, guided by Sonya toward redemption.
An adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's classic Crime and Punishment, reworked for younger readers. The setting is St. Petersburg in Czarist Russia, in the days just prior to the Russian Revolution. Rascalnikov is a child from a poor family who finds himself at the center of a moral dilemma that will test his beliefs about justice, genius, and the value of human life. When a terrible crime is committed in his city, the brilliant and determined Judge Polifili begins an investigation that will challenge both the investigator and the suspect in unexpected ways. As the investigation unfolds, Rascalnikov must confront his own philosophical beliefs about right and wrong, while those around him - including Sonya, a young woman struggling to survive in difficult circumstances - attempt to guide him toward redemption. All this takes place on the eve of the Russian Revolution, as society itself teeters on the brink of dramatic change.
An adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's classic Crime and Punishment, reworked for younger readers. The setting is St. Petersburg in Czarist Russia, in the days just prior to the Russian Revolution. Rascalnikov is a child from a poor family. He murders an old lady who is a loan shark and flees with her valuables. Judge Polifili, who has been assigned to the case, immediately suspects Rascalnikov because he had recently submitted an essay in a magazine claiming that "the world is divided into those who are geniuses and those who are not. A genius may commit murder but is not guilty if it is for the good of the world." At first, Rascalnikov feels invincible and confident that he can elude the law, but the Judge Polifili obstinately persists in his investigation, and gradually Rascalnikov comes to feel cornered. In the meantime, Sonya, a prostitute, frantically tries to persuade Rascalnikov to turn himself in. All this takes place on the eve of the Russian Revolution.
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