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09:10 | A Hologram for the King |
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Comedy/Drama. UK, France, Germany, USA 2016, 98 min. Directed by Tom Tykwer. Starring: Tom Hanks, Alexander Black, Sarita Choudhury. In English with Russian subtitles. Alan Clay is a husband, a father, and a businessman. But his business is going through a crisis, his marriage is falling apart at the seams, and he doesn’t know where to find the money to pay his daughter’s tuition. In order to avoid bankruptcy and break this vicious circle, Clay heads to Saudi Arabia, where he hopes to push his bold technology project. Alan has no idea what turns his trip to the Red Sea will take...Tom Hanks in Tom Tykwer’s adventure film about how a journey to the other side of the world can become the beginning of a new life, as the secrets of the Arab world create a reality too surreal to be believed.
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| Alice Through the Looking Glass |
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09:20, 21:20. Fantasy. USA 2016, 108 min. Directed by James Bobin. Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Sacha Baron Cohen. In English with Russian subtitles. Alice returns to the whimsical world of Wonderland and travels back in time to save the Mad Hatter.
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21:00 | Beat Film Festival 2017: Raving Iran |
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Documentary. Switzerland 2016, 84 min. Directed by Sue Meures. In original with Russian subtitles. Anoosh and Arash are at the center of Tehran’s underground techno scene. Tired of hiding from the police and their stagnating career, they organize one last manic techno rave under dangerous circumstances in the desert. Back in Tehran they try their luck selling their illegally printed music album without permission. When Anoosh is arrested, there seems to be no hope left. But then they receive a phone call from the biggest techno festival in the world. Once landed in Switzerland, the haze of the instant euphoria evaporates quickly when the seriousness of the situation starts to dawn on them. Read more
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21:30 | Beat Film Festival: Free to Run |
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Documentary. Switzerland, France, Belgium 2016, 90 min. Directed by Pierre Morath. Starring: Bobbi Gibb, Kathrine Switzer, Noël Tamini. Only 50 years ago, distance running was a Puritan and elitist activity reserved for men. Those who went out running in nature in their free time were seen at best as eccentric and at worst as dangerous. But within the tumult of the 60s, the sport became an act of freedom and self-expression, gradually changing the face of the world. ‘Free to Run’ tells the amazing story of the running movement over the past 50 years, through first-hand accounts, as well as rich and rare historical footage. It is the story of the right to run, and an exciting exploration of the revolutionary social change that made that freedom possible.
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20:00 | Beat Film Festival: Junun |
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Documentary. USA 2015, 54 min. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Starring: Jonny Greenwood, Ehtisham Khan Ajmeri, Gufran Ali, Shazib Ali. In this film, Oscar-nominated director Paul Thomas Anderson follows Radiohead guitarist – and his frequent soundtrack collaborator – Johny Greenwood to Rajasthan in northwest India. There, the legendary musician is set to record an album ‘Junun’ (translated as ‘madness of love’) with a host of international artists. Starting with a single title card briefly explaining Greenwood’s exotic musical journey, the film then turns into an amazing audiovisual experience: the interviews and contextual information are kept to a bare minimum, and we can’t but entirely submerge into the creation of music, and delve into the country in which the sounds are born. An amazing trip created by a masterful, melodious artistic collective.
Karo 11 Oktyabr |
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22:00 | Beat Film Festival: Scott Walker: 30 Century Man |
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Documentary. UK 2006, 95 min. Directed by Stephen Kijak. Starring: Damon Albarn, David Bowie, Dot Allison, Mark Almond. This BAFTA-nominated film is a look at one of the most influential and enigmatic figures in the rock history, from his early days as a jobbing bass player on the Sunset Strip, to mega-stardom during Britain’s swinging 60’s and Walker’s evolution into one of the most astonishing soundmakers. The film features the making of 63-year-old Walker’s first album in over a decade – released to widespread critical acclaim – as well as interviews with his close friends and collaborators, some of which are: David Bowie, Radiohead, Jarvis Cocker (Pulp), Brian Eno, Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz), Marc Almond, and Sting. The film’s team is as illustrious, with Grant Gee as the director of photography, and David Bowie as an executive producer.
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19:30 | Beat Film Festival: Waiting for B |
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Documentary. Brazil 2015, 71 min. Directed by Paulo Cesar Toledo, Abigail Spindel. Starring: Charles Angels, Bruno Brunet, Rick Caled. To wait two months in front of a stadium to get front row spots to a Beyoncé concert is something few fans can do (and would do). But if you are a Beyoncé fan in Sao Paulo, this is the only option, if you want to secure a good seat for the superstar’s spectacular show. Who are those people going for such lengths to see their Queen B? The Beyoncé phenomenon has given the city’s persecuted homosexuals both a voice and a place in the limelight: her show in the Brasilian megapolis quickly becomes a meeting place for youths who in all other walks of life encounter a wall of discrimination, but who can here finally revel in full bloom –and in full drag, if that’s what you’re into. ‘Waiting for B’ is a compelling portrait of an entire (fan) culture, but also a pretext to talk seriously and candidly about Brazilian society, discrimination and the consequences of poverty.
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21:05 | Beat Film Festival: When Earth Seems to Be Light |
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Documentary. Georgia, Germany 2015, 76 min. Directed by Salome Machaidze, David Meskhi, Tamuna Karumidze. A film about young Georgian skaters, artists, and musicians being trapped between the political and religious powers. They create their own open spaces beneath viaducts and in other ‘non-places’, giving them the feeling of a free existence. The way the teenagers see it, Georgia is all about the old rather than the new. They get no acknowledgement here, so they spend their evenings throwing Molotov cocktails at a concrete slope. The portraits of the skaters are based on a series of photos by David Meskhi, one of the three co-directors. The story is told on the backdrop of the amazing Georgian landscapes, with the wilderness and ruins providing a frame for the characters’ turbulent teenhood.
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Documentary. Sweden, Netherlands, Italy 2015, 110 min. Directed by Fredrik Gertten, Magnus Gertten. Starring: Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Fabio Capello, Ronald Koeman, Leo Beenhakker, Hasse Borg, Marco van Basten, Jari Litmanen. In English, Swedish with Russain subtitles. The decisive years of Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic, told through rare archival footage where a young Zlatan speaks openly about his life and challenges. The film closely follows Zlatan, from his debut in Malmö FF in 1999, through his conflictual years with Ajax Amsterdam, up to the final breakthrough with Juventus in 2005. "Becoming Zlatan" is a coming-of-age film, depicting the complicated journey of this young, talented and troubled player who finally becomes a superstar in the international football world.
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Drama. France 2015, 110 min. Directed by Roschdy Zem. Starring: Omar Sy, James Thierrée, Clotilde Hesme, Olivier Gourmet, Noémie Lvovsky, Alex Descas. In French with Russian subtitles. France; the end of the 19th century. The main character is an African man, who became the first black clown in French history to perform in a popular circus. The duo of a white and a black clown won enormous praise, even in Paris. Their routines are based on the white clown making fun of the black one, demeaning him in all ways, and the crowds like it unbelievably much...Omar Sy (“1+1”) stars in a historic drama based on real events. A true story of laughter through tears.
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Comedy. France, Belgium 2016, 101 min. Directed by Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern. Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Benoît Poelvoorde, Vincent Lacoste, Gustave Kervern, Chiara Mastroianni, Ana Girardot. In French with Russian subtitles. Chaos ensues when a father and son travel to a farm festival via the Wine Trail in a Parisian taxi.
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| The Legend of Barney Thomson |
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12:55, 21:45. Comedy/Crime. UK, Canada 2015, 96 min. Directed by Robert Carlyle. Starring: Emma Thompson, Robert Carlyle, Ray Winstone, Martin Compston, James Cosmo. In English with Russian subtitles. Barney Thomson, awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity and his uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer.
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14:10 | The Measure of a Man |
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Drama. France 2015, 93 min. Directed by Stéphane Brizé. Starring: Vincent Lindon, Karine de Mirbeck, Matthieu Schaller, Yves Ory. In French with Russian subtitles. An unemployed factory worker is trying to make ends in working-class France.
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Comedy/Romance. France 2016, 98 min. Directed by Laurent Tirard. Starring: Jean Dujardin, Virginie Efira, Cédric Kahn, César Domboy. In French with Russian subtitles. For Diana, a lost cell phone turns into a chance encounter with a man named Alexander. He’s smart, persistent, and devilishly charming. He has a remarkable sense of humor and, in Diana’s eyes, no faults whatsoever, save for one – Alexander is not much more than a meter tall. This small obstacle turns out to be the source of enormous problems and innumerable uncomfortable (and comical) situations for Diana. A French romantic comedy featuring the star of “The Artist,” Jean Dujardin, in the lead role – all about how real big love can overcome all else.
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14:45, 19:25, 23:40. Fantasy. USA 2016, 130 min. Derected by Duncan Jones. Starring: Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, Ruth Negga. InEnglish with Russian subtitles. The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the other faces extinction. From opposing sides, two heroes are set on a collision course that will decide the fate of their family, their people, and their home.
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Fantasy. USA 2016, 136 min. Directed by Bryan Singer. Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac. In English with Russian subtitles. With the emergence of the world's first mutant, Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.
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