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14:00, 23:45. Comedy/Drama. USA 2016 ,94 min. Directed by Woody Allen. Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell. In English with Russian subtitles. In the 1930s, young Bronx native Bobby Dorfman (Jesse Eisenberg) arrives in Hollywood in the hopes of finding a job in the film industry, where his uncle Phil (Steve Carell) works. Phil is a well-known Hollywood agent, and Bobby discovers the world of film stars, backstage drama, and the high life, while falling in love with Phil’s secretary (Kristen Stewart). Woody Allen’s 47th full-length film has a full complement of celebrities: Corey Stoll, Parker Posey, Blake Lively, and Sheryl Lee, alongside the aforementioned Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, and Steve Carell – and opened the 69th annual Cannes Film Festival. The legendary Vittorio Storaro (“Apocalypse Now,” “The Last Emperor,” “Dune”) served as cinematographer.
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Drama. USA 2016, 118 min. Directed by Matt Ross. Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Frank Langella, Kathryn Hahn, George MacKay, Samantha Isler, Annalise Basso. In English with Russian subtitles. Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, beginning a journey that challenges his idea of what it means to be a parent.
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09:30, 16:00. Drama. Spain 2016, 99 min. Directed by Pedro Almodovar. Starring: Adriana Ugarte, Rossy de Palma, Adriana Ugarte, Inma Cuesta, Rossy de Palma, Michelle Jenner, Emma Suárez. In Spanish with Russian subtitles. Julieta is just a bit over fifty and lives in Madrid, but is planning to leave her orderly life behind and move to Portugal. Her daughter Antia, only recently having turned eighteen, disappears with no explanation, immediately after her father and Julieta’s husband, Xoan, tragically dies. After twelve years, Julieta finds out by accident that her daughter is still living in Madrid. She moves back into an apartment in the house where she raised Antiaband begins to write her daughter letters, in which she reconstructs the history of her relationship with both her daughter and Xoan, as well as with her own parents. Pedro Almodóvar’s twentieth film, in which he again tackles the familiar subject of a woman’s destiny and the relationship of a mother with her children. The film is based on three stories by Canadian writer and laureate of both the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Booker Prize, Alice Munro. The film was nominated for the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
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09:15, 13:40. Comedy. Italy 2016, 86 min. Directed by Gennaro Nunziante. Starring: Checco Zalone, Eleonora Giovanardi, Sonia Bergamasco. In Italian with Russian subtitles. Checco is born on the privileged side of life in an Italian small town, with a guaranteed job as a public servant. When a new reformist government vows to cut down on bureaucracy, Checco is forced to accept worsening conditions.
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11:15, 18:10, 23:50. Action. USA 2016, 130 min. Directed by David Ayer. Starring: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Jai Courtney, Margot Robbie, Cara Delevingne, Ben Affleck. In English with Russian subtitles. A secret government agency, led by Amanda Waller, recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute incredibly dangerous and difficult missions. Only they can save the world from an unknown but powerful threat – in exchange for their freedom. But if the team suffers a stroke of bad luck, the agency will place all the blame for the fallout on them and them alone. David Ayer’s action fantasy, based on the comic books by the same name, with Jared Leto (The Joker), Will Smith (Deadshot), and, of course, Ben Affleck as Batman.
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21:00, 02:20. Action. USA 2016, 130 min. Directed by David Ayer. Starring: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Jai Courtney, Margot Robbie, Cara Delevingne, Ben Affleck. In English with Russian subtitles. A secret government agency, led by Amanda Waller, recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute incredibly dangerous and difficult missions. Only they can save the world from an unknown but powerful threat – in exchange for their freedom. But if the team suffers a stroke of bad luck, the agency will place all the blame for the fallout on them and them alone. David Ayer’s action fantasy, based on the comic books by the same name, with Jared Leto (The Joker), Will Smith (Deadshot), and, of course, Ben Affleck as Batman.
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“The Deer Hunter” is an epic and at the same time intimate drama by Michael Cimino showing the life and destiny of three friends (Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and John Savage), who fought in the Vietnam War catastrophe. This is one of the most important, candid and touching films about the post-Vietnam syndrome and America of the 1960s–70s. The film won five Oscars including awards for Best Picture and Best Director. Robert De Niro was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
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11:30, 18:00, 01:40. Thriller. USA 2016, 127 min. Directed by Brad Furman. Starring: Bryan Cranston, John Leguizamo, Diane Kruger. In English with Russian subtitles. A U.S. Customs official uncovers a money laundering scheme involving Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.
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15:00 | Vermeer and Music: The Art of Love and Leisure |
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Documentary. Great Britain 2013, 88 min. Directed by Phil Grabsky. In English with Russian subtitles. The National Gallery, London, is offering a fresh look at one of the most startling and fascinating artists of all – Johannes Vermeer, painter of the famous Girl with a Pearl Earring. The National Gallery has chosen to focus on Vermeer’s relationship with music. It is one of the most popular themes of Dutch painting and reveals an enormous amount about the sitter and the society they lived in. New research, revealed for the first time at this exhibition, shows how his technique and materials affected his works. Tim Marlow goes beyond the exhibition to tell the entire story of Vermeer’s life – and, in doing so, shows in fabulous HD detail many other of the artist’s captivating works. For those inspired by the 2003 film, Girl with a Pearl Earring, starring Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson, this new, cinematic exploration will take their enjoyment and fascination of Vermeer’s life and work to a new level.
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