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Drama. USA 2014, 80 min. Directed by Charles Poekel. Starring: Kentucker Audley, Hannah Gross, Craig Butta, Heather Courtney, Martin Courtney, Duncan Hannah. In English with Russian subtitles. Brooklyn, a few days before Christmas. The shy Noel is a lonely Christmas tree salesman. His “corner store” is a trailer on an unremarkable street in Greenpoint. Some time ago, his girlfriend dumped him, and this Christmas, he came to New York alone. Day after day, Noel sleepily sells Christmas trees, and it seems that he is slowly disconnecting not just from his colleagues and customers, but from the whole world, until one day he finds an unconscious girl in the park. “Christmas, Again” is the directing debut of 30-year-old Charles Poekel – “the Chekhov of Brooklyn.” This indie Christmas film is a melancholy story about a boy with a broken heart who finally finds his girl. The film owes its unique Christmas spirit to a soundtrack featuring Clara Rockmore’s surprising theremin arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s Lullaby. A participant in 2016’s Sundance Festival, and a nominee for the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Festival and for the “Independent Spirit” award.
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11:10 | Fräulein: A Winter’s Tale |
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Fantasy/Comedy. Italy 2016, 90 min. Directed by Caterina Carone. Starring: Christian De Sica, Lucia Mascino, Max Mazzotta, Therese Hämer. In Italian with Russian subtitles. An astounding solar storm reaches Earth, causing tidal waves, power surges, and blackouts. A storm no less strong rages in Regina’s soul, a lonely girl named 'Fräulein' as nobody can remember her name. Regina lives with only one living thing for company – a white chicken – but everything changes after a mysterious tourist passes by the gates of her hotel, long since closed, and decides to save Regina from her spell of loneliness.
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15:30 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story |
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Thriller/Drama/Action. USA 2016, 125 min. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Starring: Brad Pitt, Lizzy Caplan, Marion Cotillard, Matthew Goode, Raffey Cassidy. In English with Russian subtitles. 1942. Counterespionage officer Max Vatan meets French spy and Résistance member Marianne Beauséjour while on a dangerous mission in Casablanca. Under the guise of a married couple, the agents must engineer the assassination of a major Nazi official. During the operation, they fall in love and, upon returning to London, enter into a real marriage. However, their relationship goes through a challenging trial after Vatan learns of his wife’s cooperation with the Nazis. A spy thriller from Oscar winner Robert Zemeckis, with Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard in the leading roles.
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11:00 | The Three Little Pigs 2 |
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Comedy/Melodrama. Canada 2016, 102 min. Directed by Jean-François Pouliot. Starring: Paul Doucet, Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Patrice Robitaille, Sophie Prégent. In French with Russian subtitles. Rémy, Mathieu, and Christian are a trio of brothers, whose hyperactivity causes endless problems and unpleasantness for them and their wives and girlfriends. Over the years, they have changed: Rémy is still bouncing from one romantic adventure to another, Mathieu is leading a relatively peaceful life with his wife and daughters, and Christian is just hoping to find his ideal partner. Everything gets more complicated when Rémy’s wife finds out about his infidelity and kicks him out of the house. A provocative comedy by Jean-François Pouliot – and a sequel to Patrick Huard’s 2007 film – about the new adventures of the inexhaustible company.
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20:40, 20:45. Drama/Comedy. Germany, Austria 2016, 162 min. Directed by Maren Ade. Starring: Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller, Michael Wittenborn. In German with Russian subtitles. A former music teacher, trickster, and dreamer, Winfried is desperate to mend his relationship with his adult daughter Ines, a perpetually-busy employee of a global corporation. Her father never sees her, hears from her, or even knows anything about her, and has started to joke that he has somebody to replace her. In order to get her attention, he passes himself off as an eccentric businessman, Toni Erdmann, and makes a surprise trip to Bucharest, where his daughter is working at another of her company’s offices. With his hilarious, scandalous escapades, Winfried stuns everyone around him into a shocked silence in his efforts to win a place in Ines’ heart, all the while dragging her into a reciprocal – and no less maddening – game. "Toni Erdmann" is an outstanding comedy, a touching drama, an absolutely unusual love story, and the most accurate, perceptive film about fathers and their children in an age where personal and intergenerational connections are constantly breaking down. Based on a poll conducted among of members of the “Fipresci” international film critics' association, the film was awarded this year’s Grand Prix.
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Drama/History. Russia 2016, 135 min. Directed by Andrey Kravchuk. Starring: Danila Kozlovsky, Maksim Sukhanov, Aleksandra Bortich, Ekaterina Vilkova, Sergey Bezrukov, Maksim Matveev, Kirill Pletnev. In Russian with English subtitles. The film takes place more than a thousand years ago. The ruling Rurik dynasty is in strife. The Kievan prince Yaropolk is found guilty of his brother’s accidental death. According to the law, his younger illegitimate brother Vladimir must settle the score with him, but he goes into hiding on the shore of the Frozen Sea, not wishing to avenge an unfortunate hunting accident. Now he must pay for his refusal to kill...An ambitious project by Andrey Kravchuk about the birth of Russian nationhood, based on the “Tale of Past Years” and Scandinavian sagas. The film is dedicated to the memory of Vladimir the Great, who ruled over the Christianization of Rus.
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