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Thriller/Drama. USA 2017, 92 min. Directed by Elliott Lester. Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maggie Grace, Kevin Zegers. In English with Russian subtitles. Roman (Arnold Schwarzenegger), while awaiting the arrival of his family, finds out that there’s been a plane crash, and his wife and son were killed. The tragedy occurred by the fault of the air traffic controller, who admitted his guilt. Roman could not forgive him, and decides to get revenge. The film is based on a real event: the Überlingen mid-air collision in 2002, which occurred as a result of a Swiss air traffic controller. Darren Aronofsky produced.
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Thriller/Drama. USA 2017, 92 min. Directed by Elliott Lester. Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maggie Grace, Kevin Zegers. In English with Russian subtitles. Roman (Arnold Schwarzenegger), while awaiting the arrival of his family, finds out that there’s been a plane crash, and his wife and son were killed. The tragedy occurred by the fault of the air traffic controller, who admitted his guilt. Roman could not forgive him, and decides to get revenge. The film is based on a real event: the Überlingen mid-air collision in 2002, which occurred as a result of a Swiss air traffic controller. Darren Aronofsky produced.
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| David Lynch – The Art Life |
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19:20, 23:20. Documentary. USA, Denmark 2016, 90 min. Directed by Jon Nguyen, Rick Barnes, Olivia Neergaard-Holm. In English with Russian subtitles. A childhood in Montana, student years in Philadelphia, first experiences in film and the search for his own path in art: this documentary film describes the beginnings of the career of the American cult classic director. The man himself tells a story in which painting, art, and film are closely connected, and it is from this very connection that David Lynch’s art is born. At the heart of the film are home videos and twenty interviews, filmed filmed over the course of three years in Lynch’s studio. At the Venice Film Festival, the film was nominated for the Venezia Classici award for best documentary film about the cinema.
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18:15 | David Lynch – The Art Life |
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Documentary. USA, Denmark 2016, 90 min. Directed by Jon Nguyen, Rick Barnes, Olivia Neergaard-Holm. In English with Russian subtitles. A childhood in Montana, student years in Philadelphia, first experiences in film and the search for his own path in art: this documentary film describes the beginnings of the career of the American cult classic director. The man himself tells a story in which painting, art, and film are closely connected, and it is from this very connection that David Lynch’s art is born. At the heart of the film are home videos and twenty interviews, filmed filmed over the course of three years in Lynch’s studio. At the Venice Film Festival, the film was nominated for the Venezia Classici award for best documentary film about the cinema.
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Fantasy/Action/Drama. USA 2017, 107 min. Directed by Rupert Sanders. Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Michael Pitt, Juliette Binoche, Pilou Asbaek, Michael Wincott, Takeshi Kitano. In English with Russian subtitles. The events of the film take place in the near future. Terrorism has reached a new level, and criminals are free to break into human consciousness and control it. A girl, Motoko Kusanagi (Scarlett Johansson), is made into the first cyborg Major, who will lead an elite police division against these cyber-criminals. The first live-action screen adaptation of Masamune Shirow’s cult classic manga, with Scarlett Johansson, Juliette Binoche, Michael Pitt, and Takeshi Kitano in the leading roles.
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20:00 | New Austrian Cinema Festival. Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe |
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Drama/Biography. Austria, Germany, France 2016, 106 min. Directed by Maria Schrader. Starring: Tómas Lemarquis, Barbara Sukowa, Josef Hader. In 1936, Stefan Zweig, the illustrious author of " 24 Hours of a Woman's Life" and "Letter from an Unknown Woman", leaves Austria for South America. Being Jewish and hating the inhumanity that prevails in Germany while threatening his native country, he has decided to escape the specter of Nazism. Brazil is his chosen country. He is immediately hailed at Rio de Janeiro's Jockey Club by the local jet set. But whereas expect him to take sides and to make a statement against Hitler and his clique, Zweig refuses to renounce his humanity and to indulge in over-simplification: he just cannot condemn Germany and its people. On the other hand, the great writer literally falls in love with Brazil and undertakes the writing of a new book about the country. Accompanied by Lotte, his second wife he explores different regions, including the most remote ones... Awards: Bavarian Film Award - Best Director; Austrian Film Award - Best Make-up; German Film Award Nomination - Best Director, Best Supporting Actress; Jupiter Award Nomination - Best German Actor. Read more
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23:45 | The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki |
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Drama/Romance/Biography. Finland, Sweden, Germany 2016, 92 min. Directed by Juho Kuosmanen. Starring: Oona Airola, Joonas Saartamo, Jarkko Lahti. The true story of Olli Mäki, the famous Finnish boxer who had a shot at the 1962 World Featherweight title. Immensely talented and equally modest, Olli's small town life is transformed when he is swept into national stardom and suddenly regarded as a symbol of his country. There's only one problem: Olli has just fallen in love. Inside of the ring, it's Finland vs. the USA, but outside, boxing and romance become unlikely adversaries vying for Olli's attention. Awards: Cannes Film Festival - Un certain regard Award; Chicago International Film Festival - New Directors Competition Award; European Film Award - Discovery of the Year; Sattellite Award Nomination - Best Foreign Language Film; Zurich International Film Festival - Best International Film; Munich International Film Festival - participation; Thessaloniki International Film Festival - participation.
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19:10, 01:35. Biography/Drama. USA 2017, 124 min. Directed by Niki Caro. Starring: Jessica Chastain, Daniel Brühl, Johan Heldenbergh, Timothy Radford, Efrat Dor, Shira Haas, Michael McElhatton. In English with Russian subtitles. In 1939, Nazi Germany has just begun the Second World War by invading Poland. The Warsaw Zoo has suffered greatly from bombings: a number of animals died, others ran away, and still more were actually taken as prizes by the Germans. Jan Zabinski and his wife Antonina decide to use the now-unoccupied areas of the zoo to hide Jews sneaking out of the Warsaw ghetto. The film is based on the real story of a Polish zookeeper’s family, who earned the title of Righteous Among the Nations for hiding Jews during the Nazi occupation.
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15:50 | The Zookeeper’s Wife |
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Biography/Drama. USA 2017, 124 min. Directed by Niki Caro. Starring: Jessica Chastain, Daniel Brühl, Johan Heldenbergh, Timothy Radford, Efrat Dor, Shira Haas, Michael McElhatton. In English with Russian subtitles. In 1939, Nazi Germany has just begun the Second World War by invading Poland. The Warsaw Zoo has suffered greatly from bombings: a number of animals died, others ran away, and still more were actually taken as prizes by the Germans. Jan Zabinski and his wife Antonina decide to use the now-unoccupied areas of the zoo to hide Jews sneaking out of the Warsaw ghetto. The film is based on the real story of a Polish zookeeper’s family, who earned the title of Righteous Among the Nations for hiding Jews during the Nazi occupation.
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