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13:10, 21:45. Melodrama. UK, Ireland, Canada 2015, 111 min. Directed by John Crowley. Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Michael Zegen, Emory Cohen, Mary O’Driscoll, Julie Walters, Eileen O’Higgins. In English with Russian subtitles. Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan) leaves her village in Ireland and sets off to America, in search of work. She settles down in Brooklyn, slowly loses all traces of nostalgia, and begins to enjoy her life in a foreign land. On top of all that, Eilis falls in love — but tragic news from the homeland force her to return to Ireland, where she meets another man, and is thus faced with a difficult choice. This romantic drama is adapted from Colm Tóibin’s novel of the same name. It received three Oscar nominations — for best film, best actress, and best adaptation.
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13:00, 21:00. Romance. US 2015, 122 min. Directed by Angelina Jolie. Starring: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Mélanie Laurent, Melvil Poupaud, Niels Arestrup. In English with Russian subtitles. Set in France during the mid-1970s, Vanessa, a former dancer, and her husband Roland, an American writer, travel the country together. They seem to be growing apart, but when they linger in one quiet, seaside town they begin to draw close to some of its more vibrant inhabitants, such as a local bar/café-keeper and a hotel owner.
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Drama. Russia, UK 2014, 100 min. Directed by Richard Raymond. Starring: Freida Pinto, Nazanin Boniadi, Tom Cullen, Reece Ritchie, Marama Corlett, Akin Gazi, Simon Kassianides, Makram Khoury. In English with Russian subtitles. The true story of Afshin Ghaffarian, a self-taught Iranian dancer, who decided to study the art of movements in defiance of an official ban. The idols of his underground dance group were Gene Kelly, Rudolf Nureyev, and Michael Jackson — whose video clips were also illegal. As a result, Afshin’s own life ends up in danger. Akram Khan, the famous choreographer, served as director of the dance numbers in Richard Raymond’s debut film. He said, “This film is not only about dance, but about the reasons why dance is important to our life. I am inspired not just by this story of a battle for freedom from political oppression through dance, but by the thought that we all have the right for freedom, regardless of what country, nationality, or culture we belong to. Dance has no physical borders.”
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23:50 | Eisenstein In Guanajuato |
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Drama. Netherlands, Mexico, Finland, Belgium, France 2015, 105 min. Directed by Peter Greenaway. Starring: Elmer Bäck, Luis Alberti, Maya Zapata, Lisa Owen, Stelio Savante. In English audio with Russian subtitles. The film tells the story of 33-year-old Sergei Eisenstein’s trip to Mexico in 1931. At that time Eisenstein was already a legendary Soviet director — having created the masterpieces “Battleship Potemkin” and “Strike.” After an unsuccessful attempt to make a film in Hollywood, Eisenstein delves deep into Mexican culture and mythology. He begins work on a new film, “¡Que viva México!,” to be produced by the American writer Upton Sinclair. Unfortunately, the picture was left unfinished by the director, but in Guanajuato, Eisenstein experiences a far more important and intimate event: he reveals his sexuality... The new film by famous British director Peter Greenaway, author of legendary baroque dramas “The Draughtsman’s Contract” and “The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover.” Greenaway’s interest in the heritage of Russian and Soviet art was always enormous (you might remember his recent exhibit “The Golden Age of the Russian Avant-Garde” in the “Manege”) but he has an especial and personal interest in the work of Sergei Eisenstein.“Eisenstein in Guanajuato” is the first of Greenaway’s planned films about Eisenstein, a freeform fantasy about the Mexican period — the least well known and most mysterious — in the great director’s life, about which Peter Greenaway himself said: “It was the 10 days which shook Eisenstein forever...” The role of Sergei Eisenstein is played by the Finnish actor Elmer Bäck. The premiere of the film took place in the Competition of the Berlin Film Festival in February, 2015. Apart from these showings at Pioner Cinema, “Eisenstein in Guanajuato” will not have a theatrical release in Russia.
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Drama. France, Belgium 2015, 130 min. Directed by Gaspar Noé. Starring: Aomi Muyock, Karl Glusman, Klara Kristin, Gaspar Noé. In English with Russian subtitles. Only at Pioner Cinema, as part of the new series “At The Cinema, At Last: Real Love.” Murphy is a young American in Paris, dreaming of becoming of a director. Electra is his ex-girlfriend, whom he can’t seem to forget. Omi is another of his lovers, raising their child. Together, they form a love triangle that’s not so simple to escape.“Love” is an erotic drama from the auteur behind “Irreversible” and “Enter the Void” (filmed in 3D). The film’s candidness is already being compared with Lars von Trier’s “Nymphomaniac” and Abdellatif Kechiche’s “Blue Is the Warmest Color,” but Noé’s “Love” remains, first and foremost, a genuinely romantic not unsentimental film — a proclamation on the necessity of love.The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, as part of the “Midnight Screenings” programme.
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15:15, 19:20. Drama. US 2015, 128 min. Directed by Tom McCarthy. Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, John Slattery, Live Schreiber, Brian d'Arcy James, Stanley Tucci. In English with Russian subtitles. The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
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Drama. US 2015, 128 min. Directed by Tom McCarthy. Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, John Slattery, Live Schreiber, Brian d'Arcy James, Stanley Tucci. In English with Russian subtitles. The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
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Drama. US 2015, 130 min. Directed by Adam McKay. Starring: Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt. In English with Russian subtitles. Four outsiders in the world of high-finance who predicted the credit and housing bubble collapse of the mid-2000s decide to take on the big banks for their lack of foresight and greed.
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Biography/Drama. UK, Germany, USA 2015, 120 min. Directed by Tom Hooper. Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard. In English with Russian subtitles. The remarkable love story inspired by the lives of artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.
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