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| | Arts Calendar / August 19 / Film |
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Drama. Great Britain 2016, 89 min. Directed by William Oldroyd. Starring: Florence Pugh, Christopher Fairbank, Cosmo Jarvis, Bill Fellows. In English with Russian subtitles. Victorian England, 1865. The young Katherine is married off to a withered aristocrat – an embittered, despotic person twice her own age. During one of her husband’s long trips, she meets a young worker on the estate, and a passion between them is born. An adaptation of Nikolay Leskov’s “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District,” set in the English provinces during the 19th century. The film’s world premiere took place at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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| Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets |
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09:10, 13:45, 20:45. Action/Fantasy/Adventure. France 2017, 137 min. Directed by Luc Besson. Starring: Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen. In English with Russian subtitles. A dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Special operatives Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.
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12:00 | Wedding Unplanned (Jour J) |
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Comedy. France 2017, 94 min. Directed by Reem Kherici. Starring: Reem Kherici, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Julia Piaton. In France with Russian subtitles. When she discovers a wedding planer's business card, Alexia instantly says, "Yes" to Mathias unaware that it belongs to his mistress. The groom is now trapped between his bride, and his lover who in charge of his unwanted marriage.
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Thriller/Action. United Kingdom, Canada, USA 2017, 110 min. Directed by Taylor Sheridan. Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner, Jon Bernthal, Gil Birmingham, Graham Greene. In English with Russian subtitles. Cory Lambert (Jeremy Renner) picked a job where nobody would bother him. At the US Fish and Wildlife Service, he works as a game tracker and tries to keep the population of predators within acceptable limits. One day in the wilderness, on the territory of the Wind River Indian Reservation, he finds the maimed body of a young girl. His “catch” interests not just the local police, but the FBI as well, which sends an agent to investigate. Young agent Jane Banner understands that without a guide on these wild lands, her job will be very difficult, and she turns to Lambert for help. Taylor Sheridan’s second feature-length film, who until recently was best known as a screenwriter and actor (with an Oscar nomination for “Hell or High Water”). The film won an “Un certain regard” award at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.
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