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Thriller. USA 2016, 95 min. Directed by Andy Goddard. Starring: Imogen Poots, Jessica Biel, Patrick Wilson, Toby Jones, Haley Bennett, Vincent Kartheiser, Eddie Marsan, Radek Lord, Lucas Bentley, Lon Nease. New York, the 1960s. Walter and Clara Stackhouse are by all appearances an ideal couple: he is a successful architect, she is a thriving realtor and the owner of a wonderful house. In fact, Walter has long been considering a divorce, because Clara has tortured him with her pretension, hysterics, and jealousy. One day, Walter open the evening paper to an article about a serial killer, among whose victims are dozens of missing women. He begins to develop an interest in the unsolved murders, and quickly gets wrapped up in a dangerous game… The film is based on a book by Patricia Highsmith, famous for her noir novels (the first of which, Strangers on a Train,” was adapted by Alfred Hitchcock) and the Tom Ripley books.
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Drama/Thriller. Iran, France 2016, 125 min. Directed by sghar Farhadi. Starring: Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi. In Persian with Russian subtitles. Forced to leave their collapsing house, Ranaa and Emad, an Iranian couple who happen to be performers rehearsing for Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" rent a new apartment from one of their fellow performers. Unaware of the fact that the previous tenant had been a woman of ill repute having many clients, they settle down. By a nasty turn of events one of the clients pays a visit to the apartment one night while Ranaa is alone at home taking a bath and the aftermath turns the peaceful life of the couple upside down.
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14:10 | From the Land of the Moon (Mal de pierres) |
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Melodrama. France, Belgium, Canada 2016, 116 min. Directed by Nicole Garcia. Starring: Marion Cotillard, Louis Garrel, Alex Brendemühl, Brigitte Roman, Victoire Du Bois, Aloïse Sauvage. In French with Russian subtitles. A small village in the south of France is weathering the difficult postwar years. A girl named Gabrielle (Marion Cotillard) dreams of real love, but those around her consider her obsession improper and even insane. Her parents marry her to a Spanish farmer, José, and Gabrielle’s life takes on the appearance of a prison sentence. One day, she is sent to a sanatorium in the Alps, where she falls hopelessly in love with a wounded Vietnam veteran, André (Louis Garrel). Together, they plan to escape and start a new life. Nicole Garcia’s romantic drama, based on the classic novel by Italian writer Milena Agus. The film was nominated for a Palme d’Or.
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10:00 | From the Land of the Moon (Mal de pierres) |
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Melodrama. France, Belgium, Canada 2016, 116 min. Directed by Nicole Garcia. Starring: Marion Cotillard, Louis Garrel, Alex Brendemühl, Brigitte Roman, Victoire Du Bois, Aloïse Sauvage. In French with Russian subtitles. A small village in the south of France is weathering the difficult postwar years. A girl named Gabrielle (Marion Cotillard) dreams of real love, but those around her consider her obsession improper and even insane. Her parents marry her to a Spanish farmer, José, and Gabrielle’s life takes on the appearance of a prison sentence. One day, she is sent to a sanatorium in the Alps, where she falls hopelessly in love with a wounded Vietnam veteran, André (Louis Garrel). Together, they plan to escape and start a new life. Nicole Garcia’s romantic drama, based on the classic novel by Italian writer Milena Agus. The film was nominated for a Palme d’Or.
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09:15, 16:40, 23:20. Musical/Comedy/Drama. USA 2016, 126 min. Directed by Damien Chazelle. Starring: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Sinda Adams, Calli Hernandes. In English with Russian subtitles. Mia (Emma Stone), a young actress, is forced to make a living as a barista on a film set, and in her spare time go to torturous, fruitless auditions. In the hunt for her dream, Mia sets off for Hollywood, where she meets Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), a young jazz pianist who has yet to give up the dream of opening his own jazz club – regardless of the fact that his favorite music is going out of style. With time, Mia and Sebastian’s dreams start to come true, and their relationship must stand the test of fame. Damien Chazelle’s (Whiplash) romantic musical, the Critics’ Choice for best film of 2016.
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14:55, 22:20. Musical/Comedy/Drama. USA 2016, 126 min. Directed by Damien Chazelle. Starring: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Sinda Adams, Calli Hernandes. In English with Russian subtitles. Mia (Emma Stone), a young actress, is forced to make a living as a barista on a film set, and in her spare time go to torturous, fruitless auditions. In the hunt for her dream, Mia sets off for Hollywood, where she meets Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), a young jazz pianist who has yet to give up the dream of opening his own jazz club – regardless of the fact that his favorite music is going out of style. With time, Mia and Sebastian’s dreams start to come true, and their relationship must stand the test of fame. Damien Chazelle’s (Whiplash) romantic musical, the Critics’ Choice for best film of 2016.
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Drama. USA 2016, 120 min. Directed by Ben Affleck. Starring: Zoe Saldana, Ben Affleck, Sienna Miller, Chris Sullivan, Scott Eastwood, Elle Fanning, Brendan Gleeson. In English with Russian subtitles. The US, during Prohibition. The main character is the son of a police captain, Joe Coughlin. Beginning with bootlegging, he gradually becomes wrapped up in Boston’s criminal underworld, and eventually turns into one of its most notable figures. Ben Affleck’s crime drama, which he directed (his fourth such work), wrote, and starred in.
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Drama. Serbia, United Kingdom, USA, Mexico 2016, 125 min. Directed by Emir Kusturica. Starring: Monica Bellucci, Emir Kusturica, Sergei Trifunovic, Sloboda Micalovic. In Serbian with Russian subtitles. The film’s events take place during the Balkan War. The milkman Kostas (Emir Kusturica) brings provisions across the border every day to soldiers. One day, he meets a mysterious Italian (Monica Bellucci) who transforms his life. Emir Kusturica’s first feature-length film in eight years, based on his novella in the short film collection “Words with Gods.”
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11:30, 16:50. Drama. Russia, Germany 2016, 130 min. Directed by Andrey Konchalovsky. Starring: Julia Vysotskaya, Viktor Sukhorukov, Yakob DIl. In Russian with English subtitles. “Paradise” is a feature film, produced with the support of “Russia 1” and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, about people whose lives and fates crossed paths during the Second World War. The film was the most-discussed premiere of the 73th annual Venice Film Festival. Both critics and audiences noted not only the director’s technical prowess, but also the film's outstanding performances. The festival jury awarded Konchalovsky’s new work with a prize for Best Director. Three unique people's lives cross paths in this story: the Russian emigrant Olga, a member of the French Resistance; the French collaborator, Jules; and the high-ranking German SS officer, Helmut. Olga is arrested for hiding Jewish children from a Nazi search party. Her case is being handled by Jules. He falls in love with her, and seems to offer an easier punishment in exchange for an intimate relationship - but this is not meant to be. This phantom hope of freedom gives way to a cruel reality – Olga ends up in a German concentration camp. Here, she meets Helmut, who seems to have been head-over-heels in love with her at some point in the past. They begin a strange and painful relationship. The Nazis are already close to defeat, and Helmut decides to save Olga from the camp and run away with her to South America. Olga, having already lost hope for freedom, agrees, but at the last moment realises that her understanding of paradise has changed. “Paradise” is a collaborative project between Russia and Germany, realized with the help of the Eurimages Fund. The film was shot in three languages – Russian, German, and French. The film’s leading roles are played by Julia Vysotskaya, young German actor Christian Clauss, and the famous French actor Philippe Duquesne. The role of Heinrich Himmler was played by Viktor Sukhorukov. Filming took place in Russia and Germany.
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13:50, 23:10. Drama. Mexico, Taiwan, USA 2016, 161 min. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring: Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Tadanobu Asano, Ciarán Hinds. In English with Russian subtitles. The 17th century. In Japan, the Tokugawa shogunate rules, and is holding to a policy of isolation and religious oppression directed primarily at Christians. Two Jesuit priests come to Japan in search of their mentor, and observe the sufferings to which their fellows in faith are subjected. Under constant pressure for their religious views, they consign themselves to spiritual and physical torture. A historical epic by Martin Scorsese, and one of the main contenders for this year’s Oscars, with Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, and Liam Neeson in the leading roles. Howard Shore, famous for his soundtracks to “Lord of the Rings”, “Ed Wood,” “Cosmopolis,” and “The Aviator,” served as composer for the film.
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12:05, 17:10. Drama. Mexico, Taiwan, USA 2016, 161 min. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring: Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Tadanobu Asano, Ciarán Hinds. In English with Russian subtitles. The 17th century. In Japan, the Tokugawa shogunate rules, and is holding to a policy of isolation and religious oppression directed primarily at Christians. Two Jesuit priests come to Japan in search of their mentor, and observe the sufferings to which their fellows in faith are subjected. Under constant pressure for their religious views, they consign themselves to spiritual and physical torture. A historical epic by Martin Scorsese, and one of the main contenders for this year’s Oscars, with Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, and Liam Neeson in the leading roles. Howard Shore, famous for his soundtracks to “Lord of the Rings”, “Ed Wood,” “Cosmopolis,” and “The Aviator,” served as composer for the film.
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09:10 | Star Wars: the Last Jedi |
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Action/Fantasy. USA , UK 2017, 150 min. Directed by Rian Johnson. Starring: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Mark Hamill. In English with Russian subtitles. In the past forty years ("Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" was released in 1977), the universe created by George Lucas and his team has expanded, while keeping faithfully to the original story. EF teacher, Star Wars saga fan, and passionate collector David Johnson, who has been on Luke's island several times, will tell about the history of the film's creation, intriguing facts, and comical coincidences during filming. Having taken her first steps into the Jedi world, Rey joins Luke Skywalker on an adventure with Leia, Finn and Poe that unlocks mysteries of the Force and secrets of the past.
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19:15 | The London International Animation Festival (LIAF) |
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Short film. 2015-2016, 90 min. Directed by Alexander Isert, Antje Heyn, Simon Schreiber, Steve Smith, Simon Hewitt, David Dell’Edera, Igor Kovalev, Terri Matthews, Kris Genijn, Pieter Vanluffelen, Michelle Brand, Borbála Mészáros, Zsuzsanna Rádóczy, Alicja Jasina, Jac Clinch. In the original with Russian subtitles. The London International Animation Festival (LIAF) is the main event in European independent animation, showing audiences the most surrealistic, unexpected, and unbelievable stories. This year, the festival took place in London for the 13th time, and the programme contained 128 films from 33 countries. For these Russian screenings from the LIAF programme, short animated films from the British and international concourses were chosen. Among them are works by our countrymen: “Once Upon A Time / Zhil-byl” by Alicja Jasina, which made it on the short list for the Oscars; and Igor Kovalev’s “Before Love / Do lyubvi,” a story about solitude and the search for real love in the big city which scored a win at the festival.
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