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Drama/Romance/Sci-Fi. Spain, Colombia 2017, 95 min. Directed by Hatem Khraiche. Starring: Clara Lago, Álex González, Andrés Parra. In Spanish with Russian subtitles. Helena is a young girl who spent all her life in a space pod just after her birth, traveling from Earth to a distant planet where she will reunite with others space colonials, with the voice of the on-board computer as only one company. Arriving to a space station for maintenance works, Helena meets Álex, the repairman, falling in love with him quickly. But Álex, still traumatized by the ghosts of his own past, decides some days later after to meet Helena break all rules and reveal her the truth: that she is part of a secret experiment to test the effects in the human body of an elongated space travel, and that she was offered by her fathers as well another babies, in the hope to runaway from a progressively more polluted and radioactive planet Earth. Escaping from the fake space pod, Helena exits to the world and discovering it at the side of Álex, being both prosecuted by Hugo, director of the project, who searches the way to keep all project in secret. But during the connivance...
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15:30 | A Knight's Tale. The Retrospective of Heath Ledger |
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Adventure/History/Romance. USA 2001, 132 min. Directed by Brian Helgeland. Starring: Heath Ledger, Mark Addy, Rufus Sewell, Paul Bettany. In English with Russian subtitles. Inspired by "The Canterbury Tales," as well as the story of Ulrich von Lichtenstein, this is the story of William, a young squire with a gift for jousting. After his master dies suddenly, the squire hits the road with his cohorts Roland and Wat. On the journey, they stumble across an unknown writer, Chaucer. William, lacking a proper pedigree, convinces Chaucer to forge genealogy documents that will pass him off as a knight. With his newly-minted history in hand, the young man sets out to prove himself a worthy knight at the country's jousting competition, and finds romance along the way. Awards: London Critics Film Circle Award - Best English Supporting Actor; World Stunt Award - Best Work with an Animal, Hardest Hit; Teen Choice Award Nomination - Best Film, Best Actor, Breaktrrough Performance, Best Chemistry; MTV Movie Award Nomination - Best Kiss, Breaktrhough Female Performance, Best Musical Sequence. Read more
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Thriller. USA 2017, 93 min. Directed by Brian Goodman. Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Piper Perabo, Antonio Banderas. In English with Russian subtitles. Outside a mountain town grappling with a series of abductions and murders, Paul (Antonio Banderas), a reclusive writer, struggles to start what he hopes will be a career-saving screenplay. After a tense encounter at a diner with a drifter named Jack (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), Paul offers Jack a place to stay-and soon the edgy, demanding Jack muscles his way into Paul's work. As a storm cuts off power to the isolated cabin, the two men begin a jagged game of one-upmanship that will bring at least one tale to an end.
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16:20, 00:55. Documentary. United Kingdom, Russia, Ukraine, USA 2016, 85 min. Directed by Steven Cantor. In English, Russian and Ukrainian with Russian subtitles. “Dancer” is an ambitious and detailed study of Polunin’s personal and creative life, collected from rare archive materials, family records, and interviews with Polunin, those close to him, and notable ballet professionals. Famous documentary director Steven Cantor focused on Polunin’s extraordinary physical profile and his unique emotional spectrum, which shows through both on stage and in life. A rebel, a genius, and a loner, Polunin created a stir in the ballet world when he became the youngest principal dancer of the London Royal Ballet in history – and then when, at the peak of his career, he unexpectedly left, citing his desire to be independent, free, and not to belong to anyone, even if such a decision would be accompanied by self-destruction. The film also tells about Polunin’s collaboration with famous photographer David LaChapelle, who shot his expressive dancing for the music video for Hozier’s “Take Me To Church,” which became a smash hit practically overnight.
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09:20 | Divorce French Style (Papa ou Maman 2) |
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Comedy. France, Belgium 2016, 86 min. Directed by Martin Bourboulon. Starring: Laurent Lafitte, Marina Fois, Alexandre Desrousseaux, Anna Lemarchand. In French with Russian subtitles. Vincent and Florence have divorced, but live across the street from each other. Each has a new partner, and their four children must run from mama to papa and back. In the end, they’re the ones who get involved in the battle between their parents, in a decision to reunite them. Martin Bourboulon’s new film, continuing the “Papa ou maman” series.
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Drama. USA 2016, 101 min. Directed by Marc Webb. Starring: Jenny Slate, Chris Evans, Octavia Spencer, Mckenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan. In English with Russian subtitles. Frank Adler lives in a coastal city in Florida, raising his unusually gifted daughter Mary alone. But his plans for his daughter’s calm school life are ruined when his terrifying mother, Evelyn, finds out about the girl’s mathematical abilities. Grandma has her own visions for her granddaughter’s future, and she is even willing to tear Frank and Mary apart to realize them. A new film by Marc Webb (“500 Days of Summer,” “The Amazing Spider-Man”), with Chris Evans, Lindsay Duncan, and Octavia Spencer in the leading roles.
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09:15, 13:40. Drama. Russia, Belgium, Germany, France 2017, 127 min. Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev. Starring: Maryana Spivak, Sergey Dvoinikov, Djan Badmaev, Evgenia Dmitrieva. In Russian with English subtitles. A Moscow family suffers through a difficult, torturous divorce. Boris and Zhenya are still married, but each of them has begun a new chapter of life, and thus neither is in a hurry to finish with the formalities. Amid their conflicts and mutual demands, Zhenya and Boris are neglecting their only child, 12-year-old Alyosha, who acutely feels just how unnecessary he is to his parents. After yet another argument, Alyosha unexpectedly disappears. “Loveless” has been awarded the jury prize at the 70th Cannes Film Festival. The Guardian, which gave “Loveless” its highest rating, compared the film with Ingmar Bergman’s “Scenes from a Marriage,” Michelangelo Antonioni’s “L’Avventura,” and Michael Haneke’s “Caché.”
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14:00, 18:20. Drama. Australia, Germany 2015, 95 min. Directed by Julian Rosenfeldt. Starring: Cate Blanchett. In English with Russian subtitles. A journey through art history with Cate Blanchett. The two-time Oscar winner appears in 13 different guises, and reads the manifestos of 13 important figures of 20th century art (Malevich, Jarmusch, Kandinsky, Goddard, and others). The film was conceived as an art installation – from 2015 onward, the 130-minute version was shown in museums in Melbourne, Berlin, and New York. For the 2017 Sundance Festival, the film was redone in a theatrical version.
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Drama. Australia, Germany 2015, 95 min. Directed by Julian Rosenfeldt. Starring: Cate Blanchett. In English with Russian subtitles. A journey through art history with Cate Blanchett. The two-time Oscar winner appears in 13 different guises, and reads the manifestos of 13 important figures of 20th century art (Malevich, Jarmusch, Kandinsky, Goddard, and others). The film was conceived as an art installation – from 2015 onward, the 130-minute version was shown in museums in Melbourne, Berlin, and New York. For the 2017 Sundance Festival, the film was redone in a theatrical version.
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16:00, 22:40. Drama. France, Belgium 2017, 120 min. Directed by Nicolas Bedos. Starring: Doria Tillier, Nicolas Bedos, Denis Podalydès. In French with Russian subtitles. Victor is a beginning writer, and Sarah is a literature critic. They share a weakness for Joyce and Dostoevsky. They were carefree and easy-going, but their chance meeting in a bar stretches on for 45 long years. How do they deal with success, wealth, and everyday boredom? Who will get what they want, and who will stay in the shadows? This is the story of one family and a great love on the backdrop of Paris’ sun-soaked boulevards.
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18:45, 22:45. Drama. France, Belgium 2017, 120 min. Directed by Nicolas Bedos. Starring: Doria Tillier, Nicolas Bedos, Denis Podalydès. In French with Russian subtitles. Victor is a beginning writer, and Sarah is a literature critic. They share a weakness for Joyce and Dostoevsky. They were carefree and easy-going, but their chance meeting in a bar stretches on for 45 long years. How do they deal with success, wealth, and everyday boredom? Who will get what they want, and who will stay in the shadows? This is the story of one family and a great love on the backdrop of Paris’ sun-soaked boulevards.
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11:40, 18:00, 22:30. Comedy/Melodrama. USA, Great Britain, Spain, Belgium 2006-2016, 91 min. In Original languages with Russian subtitles. Seven films in a new collection of romantic comedies – these are peerless examples of the genre, seasoned with fantasy, fresh humor, a healthy helping of eroticism, and harmless fun. Desperate Belgian clerks go dancing, lovesick Americans check the strength of a telephone line and set off for a party, clever Brits rework their professions, Frenchmen experiment with conception, and a Spanish daredevil really breaks his back!
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20:30, 20:35. Drama. Mexico, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Switzerland 2016, 100 min. Directed by Amat Escalante. Starring: Kenny Johnston, Simone Bucio, Jesús Meza. In Spanish with Russian subtitles. A story of the battle between Eros and Thanatos – sex and death – in a small city in Mexico, which begins after a mysterious meteorite falls there. This event turns out to be fatal, and brings its heroes to a meeting with the Unknown, which instantly terrifies, enchants, and seduces them – literally. Like a volcano, it uncovers long-suppressed instincts and stifled desires in the characters as it throws them into a vortex of pleasure and destruction. Escalante filmed this symbolic story practically in real-time, and in different genres simultaneously: thriller, erotic drama, and even sci-fi. The film received the Silver Lion for best director at the most recent Venice Film Festival.
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Adventure/Fantasy. USA 2017, 135 min. Directed by Patty Jenkins. Starring: Gal Gadot, Robin Wright, Chris Pine, David Thewlis. In English with Russian subtitles. Diana, Princess of the Amazons, lived her whole life on the island Temiskir, isolated from the outside world. From childhood, she was trained to become an undefeatable warrior, but simultaneously hid from her the truth about the great power hidden within her. At the beginning of the 20th century, an American military pilot crashes on the shores of the island, and Diana learns of the First World War through him. Unable to sit in place while innocent people perish, Diana leaves the island, sure that she can put an end to the war. The fourth film in the expanded DC universe, which began production in 1998. After a long selection process, Warner Bros. selected Patty Jenkins to direct – the creator of the film “Monster,” for which she received the “Independent Spirit” prize, and the pilot for “The Killing,” for which she received an Emmy nomination.
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