Serebrjakov, Uncle Vanya's brother-in-law, is widowed and has remarried Helena. He wants to sell the country estate where the family lives: this unpopular decision sparks one of Chekhov's most famous dramas.

A retired professor has returned to his estate to live with his beautiful young wife, Elena.

一位退休的教授又回到了他的庄园生活与他的年轻漂亮的妻子，叶莲娜。地产原本属于他的第一任妻子，已故;她的母亲和弟弟现在还住那里，管理农场。多年来，哥哥（万尼亚舅舅）发送了农场的收益来教授，而只接受微薄的工资自己。索尼娅，教授的女儿，谁是差不多的年龄作为他的新妻子，也住在庄园。这位教授是浮夸，虚荣，和烦躁。他呼吁医生（Astrov）来治疗他的痛风，只有他送走，没有看到他。 Astrov是一位经验丰富的医生谁认真履行自己的工作，但已经失去了所有的理想主义和花很多他的时间喝。叶莲娜的存在引入了一个位性紧张的进户。 Astrov和万尼亚舅舅都爱上伊辛巴;她摒弃了他们两个。同时，索尼娅爱上了Astrov，谁甚至没有注意到她。最后，当教授宣布，他希望...

Through the rehearsals and the tour of the show based on Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, Vinicio Marchioni takes us to the Italian province destroyed by the earthquake and the places of the Russian writer. The Vanja earthquake starts from the Chekhovian masterpiece to investigate Italian post-earthquake immobility through the tragicomic gaze of Chekhov, making the public aware of the extraordinary human strength of the writer. A journey into the Italian theatrical creation; a journey in the earthquake that destroyed central Italy; a journey into the words and soul of Anton Chekhov.

Lo zio d'America is an Italian television series.