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12:00, 22:30. Biography/ Drama/ War. Germany 2015, 114 min. Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel. Starring: Christian Friedel, Katharina Schüttler, Burghart Klaußner, Johann von Bülow. In German with Russian subtitles. Only 13 minutes kept carpenter Georg Elser from changing the course of history. On 8 November, 1939 in Munich, he built a homemade time-delay explosive device into a column behind the podium where Hitler was to give a speech. As a result, eight people were killed and sixty-three were injured. However, Hitler was not among those hurt. The Fuhrer, who limited himself to a brief greeting to the collected masses, left the auditorium seven minutes before the explosion, as he needed to return to Berlin. This film reconstructs the sociopolitical context and events of this time in Georg Elser’s life. It is a massive historical drama which watches like a first-class thriller.
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13:40, 20:20. Drama/Sci-Fi. UK 2015, 119 min. Directed by Ben Wheatley. Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, Elisabeth Moss, Stacy Martin. In English with Russian subtitles. London, 1975. Robert Lang, a young doctor, has just moved into a luxury high-rise. This towering building seems to be the home of his dreams, an ideal model for the world of the future. Everything necessary for a comfortable life is right there: from supermarkets and fitness clubs to an elementary school – you could live without ever leaving the building. Thanks to this isolation from the rest of society, the residents are gradually becoming hostages to the skyscraper. An open class war is brewing among them, and they are gradually forgetting about the laws of decency and morality…and Lang comes to understand that he is no better than the others, as he himself gives in to his darkest desires...Ben Wheatley’s new futuristic thriller is a screen adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s classic novel. In its treatment of class injustice, this film follows less in the footsteps of British sci-fi and more in the spirit of the “angry young men” of the 1960s. The main role is played by Tom Hiddleston, star of the series “The Night Manager” and “Only Lovers Left Alive".
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22:40 | Palm Trees In The Snow |
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Romance. Spain 2015, 163 min. Directed by Fernando González Molina. Starring: Mario Casas, Adriana Ugarte, Macarena García, Daniel Grao, Fernando Cayo. In Spanish with Russian subtitles. Kilian is a young man who has never left the mountains of Huesca which saw him grow up. In 1953 he will travel to the exotic island of Fernando Poo to work in a cacao field alongside his father and his brother. During 20 years in this island he will undertake a journey towards maturity and knowledge, but will also have to deal with pain and loss. The film received two Goya Awards.
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Drama/ Thriller. Hungary 2015, 107 min. Directed by László Nemes. Starring: Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn. In Hungarian, Yiddish, Russian, French, German, Polish, Greek and Slovak with Russian subtitles. Two days in the life of Saul Auslander, Hungarian prisoner working as a member of the Sonderkommando at one of the Auschwitz Crematoriums who, to bury the corpse of a boy he takes for his son, tries to carry out his impossible deed: salvage the body and find a rabbi to bury it. While the Sonderkommando is to be liquidated at any moment, Saul turns away of the living and their plans of rebellion to save the remains of a son he never took care of when he was still alive. Awards and festivals: Cannes Film Festival - Grand Prix, FIPRESCI Prize, François Chalais Award, Vulcain Prize for the Technical Artist, International Cinephile Society Award; Academy Award - Best Foreign-Language Film; Golden Globe - Best Foreign-Language Film; Independent Spirit Award - Best Foreign-Language Film; BIFA Award Nomination - Best International Independent Film; César Award Nomination - Best Foreign-Language Film; Palm Springs International Film Festival - Best Young Director; Santa Barbara Internatioanl Film Festival - Best Actor; Stockholm International Film Festival -Best Director; Zagreb International Film Festival - Best Film, etc.
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Drama. Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands 2016, 111 min. Directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Starring: Ulrich Thomsen, Fares Fares, Trine Dyrholm. In Danish with Russian subtitles.In an enormous villa situated in a fashionable area of Copenhagen, Erik and his wife, Anna, fulfill their longtime dream of creating a commune, full of like-minded people ready to live under one roof. Common interests, conversations, parties, and general euphoria combine to produce a feeling of absolute unity. That is, until Erik brings his new lover to the house... This new work by the celebrated Danish director Thomas Vinterberg ("The Celebration") is a brilliantly-acted drama about the creation of personal and social utopia – and its inevitable failure. The film participated in the concourse of the most recent Berlin Film Festival, where actress Trine Dyrholm won Best Actress.
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