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| | Arts Calendar / November 23 / Film |
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| Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them |
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14:00, 19:10, 21:10. 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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13:50, 23:45. 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. 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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11:30 | 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. Denmark 2012, 115 min. Directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Alexandra Rapaport, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp. In Danish with Russian subtitles. Danish drama film directed by Thomas Vinterberg and starring Mads Mikkelsen. The story is set in a small Danish village around Christmas, and follows a man who becomes the target of mass hysteria after being wrongly accused of sexually abusing a child in his kindergarten class. The film was screened at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and competed at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival where Mikkelsen won the Best Actor Award for his role. It also won the 2013 Nordic Council Film Prize. The film was selected as the Danish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, making the final nomination.It was nominated in the same category at the 2013 Golden Globe Awards. The screening date isn’t a coincidence – 22 November is the birthday of the most-loved Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen who plays the main hero in the film.
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09:20, 16:30, 21:40. 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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