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20:00 | 50th Japanese Film Festival: Umi Yori mo Mada Fukaku |
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Drama. Japan 2016, 117 min. Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Yôko Maki, Taiyô Yoshizawa. In Japanese with Russian subtitles. Dwelling on his past glory as a prize-winning author, Ryota wastes the money he makes as a private detective on gambling and can barely pay child support. After the death of his father, his aging mother and beautiful ex-wife seem to be moving on with their lives. Renewing contact with his initially distrusting family, Ryota struggles to take back control of his existence and to find a lasting place in the life of his young son - until a stormy summer night offers them a chance to truly bond again. Awards: Cannes Film Festival - Un certain Regard participation, Chicago International Film Festival - participation.
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Drama/Mystery. USA 2016, 91 min. Directed by Joshua Marston, Starring: Erin Darke, Rachel Weisz, Hansel Tan. In English with Russian subtitles. This shape-shifting tale of the perils and pleasures of self-reinvention begins at a dinner party, when Tom's (Michael Shannon) co-worker arrives with an intriguing date named Alice (Rachel Weisz). Tom is convinced he knows her, but she refuses to acknowledge their history. And when Alice makes a hasty exit, Tom sets off after her. What follows is an all-night odyssey shared by two people, one needing to change his life, the other questioning how to stop changing.
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| Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them |
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14:20, 19:15, 21:25. Adventure. Great Britain, USA 2016, 133 min. Directed by David Yates. Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Ezra Miller, Colin Farrell, Zoë Kravitz. In English with Russian subtitles. 1926. The magical zoologist Newt Scamander is working on the classification of fantastical beasts and creatures. In preparation for the Magical Congress of the United States of America, Newt packs a suitcase with several dangerous creatures and their natural environments along with them. When these creatures escape, the American magical forces begin a hunt for the researcher. These events compound the already-complex relationship between the magicians and No-Majs (American English for Muggles) of New York. The long-awaited film by David Yates, also responsible for the final installments of the Harry Potter series, based on J.K. Rowling’s book. The events of the film take place 65 years before the beginning of the Potter saga, and the story’s central character is the author of the very same textbook from which Harry would later study.
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Documentary. USA 2016, 108 min. Directed by Jim Jarmusch. Starring: Iggy Pop, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, James Williamson, Steve Mackay, Mike Watt, Kathy Ashton, Danny Fields. In English with Russian subtitles. Emerging from Ann Arbor Michigan amidst a countercultural revolution, The Stooges’ powerful and aggressive style of rock-n-roll blew a crater in the musical landscape of the late 1960s. Assaulting audiences with a blend of rock, blues, R&B, and free jazz, the band planted the seeds for what would be called punk and alternative rock in the decades that followed. Jim Jarmusch’s new film Gimme Danger chronicles the story of The Stooges, one of the greatest rock-n-roll bands of all time. Gimme Danger presents the context of the Stooges emergence musically, culturally, politically, historically, and relates their adventures and misadventures while charting their inspirations and the reasons behind their initial commercial challenges, as well as their long-lasting legacy. Film was shown in the Midnight Screenings section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. The film is scheduled to be released on October 28, 2016, by Amazon Studios and Magnolia Pictures.
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Drama. Australia, USA 2016, 139 min. Directed by Mel Gibson. Starring: Andrew Garfield, Richard Pyros, Jacob Warner, Darcy Bryce. In English with Russian subtitles. Desmond Doss is an American army private during World War II. For religious reasons, he conscientiously objected to carrying a weapon, and was thus assigned the role of medic. Regardless of his inability to “resist the enemy,” he took part in the most terrible battles of the war, including the Battle of Okinawa, where he saved 75 people and received several serious wounds in the process. A war drama by Mel Gibson, based on a true story about the WWII veteran and hero Desmond Tom Doss – the first of three conscientious objectors to receive the highest American military honor, the Medal of Honor.
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Drama. Belgium, France 2016, 106 min. Directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne. Starring: Adèle Haenel, Olivier Bonnaud, Jérémie Renier, Louka Minnella. In French with Russian subtitles. One evening, at the end of the workday, Jenny decides to refuse a late patient admission to the operating room. The next day, she finds out that the body of a black girl was found nearby, the identity of which is still unknown. Tortured by a guilty conscience, Jenny decides to undertake her own investigation. A hard-hitting crime drama from the Dardenne brothers (“Rosetta,” “The Kid with a Bike”) about feelings of guilt and moral demands, nominated for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
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00:20 | Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World |
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Documentary. USA 2016, 98 min. Directed by Werner Herzog. In English with Russian subtitles. In his new documentary film, “Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World,” which was first shown at the Sundance Festival, Werner Herzog immerses himself in the past, present, and future of the virtual world. With his German meticulousness and romanticism, he tells the story of the Internet, from its pioneers at the University of California to contemporary visionaries like Elon Musk. However, Herzog is not merely interested by the scientific and technological achievements, nor by apocalyptic predictions connected with the development of the World Wide Web - he wants to know why the Internet has so completely changed (and continues to change) our life, to the point that even the Buddhist monks that Herzog met would check their Twitter feeds as soon as they emerged from meditation. Herzog studies the digital landscape with the same passion and dedication with which he crossed the wild landscapes of the Amazon, Sahara, or Antarctica, and tells about the mutual influence of two worlds - the online and the real - and how the latter of which, thanks to the influence of the internet, will never be the same.
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Comedy. France 2015, 99 min. Directed by Julie Delpy. Starring: Dany Boon, Julie Delpy, Vincent Lacoste, Karin Viard, Antoine Lounguine. In French with Russian subtitles. Violette is a single mother, who takes care of her only son Lolo and is, besides that, a textbook workaholic. 19-year-old Lolo is a bright teenager and perfectly capable of being independent, but as often happens in broken families, he is far too attached to his mother. And when Violette suddenly falls in love with awkward computer geek Jean-René, Lolo does not seem very happy with their relationship. He decides to get rid of his mother’s interfering lover, whatever the cost. The sixth feature film by famous French-American actress and director Julie Delpy, based on her own screenplay. Delpy also plays one of the main roles.
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09:20, 19:10. Drama. Russia 2016, 133 min. Directed by Pavel Lungin. Starring: Ksenia Rappoport, Ivan Yankovsky, Maria Kurdenevich, Igor Mirkurbanov. In Russian with English subtitles. “Queen of Spades” is a contemporary adaptation of two works: Alexander Pushkin’s “The Queen of Spades” and Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s opera of the same name. Opera singer Sofia Meyer (Ksenia Rappoport) is world-famous for her unbelievable soprano voice and beauty, and has become a legend. She would like to end her career with one final triumph. Sofia returns to the Moscow opera theatre, where she once starred in Tchaikovsky’s “Queen of Spades” – it was her first major success. Hoping to outdo it, she begins to search for material to create a new, even more astounding version of the work. Trying to overshadow everyone, herself included, Sofia uses every means known to her…“Queen of Spades” is an exceedingly-untraditional adaptation of this work, combining mysticism with noire to recreate the reality of a contemporary megapolis – Moscow, the city that truly never sleeps – and the eternal myth about art and beauty, demanding insane and at times even devilish sacrifices.
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Drama. Russia 2016, 133 min. Directed by Pavel Lungin. Starring: Ksenia Rappoport, Ivan Yankovsky, Maria Kurdenevich, Igor Mirkurbanov. In Russian with English subtitles. “Queen of Spades” is a contemporary adaptation of two works: Alexander Pushkin’s “The Queen of Spades” and Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s opera of the same name. Opera singer Sofia Meyer (Ksenia Rappoport) is world-famous for her unbelievable soprano voice and beauty, and has become a legend. She would like to end her career with one final triumph. Sofia returns to the Moscow opera theatre, where she once starred in Tchaikovsky’s “Queen of Spades” – it was her first major success. Hoping to outdo it, she begins to search for material to create a new, even more astounding version of the work. Trying to overshadow everyone, herself included, Sofia uses every means known to her…“Queen of Spades” is an exceedingly-untraditional adaptation of this work, combining mysticism with noire to recreate the reality of a contemporary megapolis – Moscow, the city that truly never sleeps – and the eternal myth about art and beauty, demanding insane and at times even devilish sacrifices.
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11:45 | The Girl on the Train |
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Thriller/Detective. USA 2016, 112 min. Directed by Tate Taylor. Starring: Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Theroux. In English with Russian subtitles. Rachel Watson commutes by train every day from her suburb to London, and always passes by a charming cottage, in the windows of which a married couple is always visible. One morning, she notices that the woman in the pair has gone missing. From that moment on, Rachel gets tangled in a confusing web of a story – after all, it may be the case that she saw from her train window something that nobody else did…A psychological drama by Tate Taylor (“The Help”), based on the famous novel by Paula Hawkins, which became one of the biggest British bestsellers of recent years.
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Drama. Belgium, France 2016, 106 min. Directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne. Starring: Adèle Haenel, Olivier Bonnaud, Jérémie Renier, Louka Minnella. In French with Russian subtitles. One evening, at the end of the workday, Jenny decides to refuse a late patient admission to the operating room. The next day, she finds out that the body of a black girl was found nearby, the identity of which is still unknown. Tortured by a guilty conscience, Jenny decides to undertake her own investigation. A hard-hitting crime drama from the Dardenne brothers (“Rosetta,” “The Kid with a Bike”) about feelings of guilt and moral demands, nominated for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
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