Kitty declines as she hopes to marry Count Alexei Vronsky, a wealthy officer. Levin says he loves Stiva's sister-in-law, Princess Kitty, and Stiva encourages him to propose. Stiva meets old friend Konstantin "Kostya" Levin, a landowning aristocrat despised by Moscow's elite for preferring the countryside to city life. Stiva's sister, Anna Karenina, a socialite living in Saint Petersburg with her older husband Count Alexei Karenin, and son Seryozha, travels to Moscow to persuade Dolly to forgive her brother. In the Russian Empire in 1874, Princess Darya, nicknamed "Dolly", banishes her unfaithful husband Prince Stephan "Stiva" Oblonsky. In addition, Anna Karenina garnered six nominations at the 17th Satellite Awards, including a Best Actress nod for Knightley and a Best Adapted Screenplay for Stoppard. It earned four nominations at the 85th Academy Awards and six nominations at the 66th British Academy Film Awards, winning Jacqueline Durran both the Academy Award for Best Costume Design and the BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design. The film received mostly positive reviews: critics praised the cast, but commented on and criticized the heavily stylized adaptation, and were less enthusiastic with Wright's preference for style over substance and his idea of setting most of the action on a theatre stage. Anna Karenina earned a worldwide gross of approximately $69 million, mostly from its international run. It was released on 7 September 2012 in the United Kingdom and on 9 November 2012 in the United States. Produced by Working Title Films in association with StudioCanal, the film premiered at the 2012 Toronto Film Festival. Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald, Domhnall Gleeson, and Alicia Vikander appear in key supporting roles. Jude Law and Aaron Taylor-Johnson appear as Karenin and Vronsky, respectively. Keira Knightley stars as the titular character this is her third collaboration with director Joe Wright following Pride & Prejudice (2005) and Atonement (2007). Adapted by Tom Stoppard from Leo Tolstoy's 1878 novel of the same name, the film depicts the tragedy of Russian aristocrat and socialite Anna Karenina, wife of senior statesman Alexei Karenin, and her affair with the affluent cavalry officer Count Vronsky. Anna Karenina is a 2012 historical romantic drama film directed by Joe Wright.
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