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13:30, 20:40. Drama. USA 2016, 122 min. Directed by Stephen Gaghan. Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Edgar Ramírez, Bryce Dallas Howard. In English with Russian subtitles. Kenny Wells, a prospector desperate for a lucky break, teams up with a similarly eager geologist and sets off on a journey to find gold in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia.
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Biography/Drama. Chilie, France, USA 2016, 100 min. Directed by Pablo Larraín. Starring: Natalie Portamn, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, John Hut. In English with Russian subtitles. “Jackie” is a contemporary drama about First Lady of the United States Jacqueline Kennedy (Natalie Portman), who turns around in the days following the shocking assassination of her husband – President John F. Kennedy, who was shot during his visit to Dallas and died right in the arms of his wife. The time after his death, when she never quite came completely to her senses and didn’t let her loved ones out of her sight, creates the suspense in “Jackie” – just like in one of Pablo Larraín’s previous films, “Post Mortem.” Right after the tragedy, Jackie begins to lose influence in the White House, where Kennedy’s political opponents have already begun knocking at the door. But it is she who is forced to fight for how the world would remember her husband, and defends his name from political intrigue and speculation The film recreates in detail the rituals and daily life of the White House – that luxurious “house of cards,” where Jackie becomes a captive. The film served as Chilean Pablo Larraín’s Hollywood debut, who has long since been a star on the festival circuit, and the role of Jackie has already been called an acting feat for Natalie Portman – whose work on the film has made her an Oscar favorite. The film’s world premiere took place at the last Venice Film Festival, where it received a prize for best screenplay.
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Melodrama. Australia, USA 2016, 118 min. Directed by Garth Davis. Starring: Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara, Dev Patel, David Wenham. In English with Russian subtitles. At the age of 5, the Indian boy Saroo Brierly got lost and wound up in Australia, where he found a new home. Twenty-five years later, with a feeling that memories from his past life will not give him peace, he decides to search out his real family. A classical drama by Garth Davis about the search for self and identity. Featuring Dev Patel – already the biggest Indian face in English-language cinema (“Slumdog Millionaire,” “Chappie”) - alongside Nicole Kidman and Rooney Mara.
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Drama. USA 2016, 118 min. Directed by Jim Jarmusch. Starring: Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Luis Da Silva Jr., Jared Gilman, William Jackson Harper, Frank Harts, Kara Hayward, Barry Shabaka Henley, Sterling Jerins, Chasten Harmon. In English with Russian subtitles. Paterson is a poet and bus driver, living in Paterson, New Jersey – a coincidence which he finds unsurprising, since so much in the world "rhymes." His life is defined by the streets of route 23, nightly walks with his bulldog Marvin, conversations with his wife, Laura, and the black-and-white patterns with which she decorates clothing. He dedicates his poetry to Laura, and she tries to convince him to publish them, or at least make a few copies of the pages of his notebooks. In “Paterson,” Jim Jarmusch sings the praises of everyday life and the happiness of simple things. After all, in the words of William Carlos Williams, author of the famous poem “Paterson,” “No ideas but in things.” The film was nominated for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Drama/Thriller. France 2016, 105 min. Directed by Olivier Assayas. Starring: Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz. In English, French with Russian subtitles. “Personal Shopper,” by the French director Olivier Assayas, is the most unusual film of the year in its genre. A “fashion thriller,” simultaneously a mystical drama and portrait of today’s society, in which the cult of fashion, material culture, and new technology cannot in any way defend against the constant closeness of death and the afterlife, lurking in the most ordinary things. Maureen (Kristen Stewart), an American, works in Paris as an assistant to a high-and-mighty European star, collecting her designer outfits from Parisian boutiques – which she herself is forbidden to wear. But she is not just here in Paris for work – her twin brother recently passed away here, and our heroine continually feels his presence, believing that his spirit is always somewhere nearby.
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Thriller/Drama. France, Great Britain 2016, 116 min. Directed by Sylvie Verheyde. Starring: Hafsia Herzi, Ash Stymest, Karole Rocher. In French and English with Russian subtitles. Set in London's world of high class call girls, Amoureux Solitaires tells the story of London based French escort Virginie, and Rupert, a man who rescues trafficked girls - A tale of modern love.
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Animation. USA 2016, 108 min. Directed by Christophe Lourdelet, Garth Jennings. Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane. In English with Russian subtitles. In a city of humanoid animals, a hustling theater impresario's attempt to save his theater with a singing competition becomes grander than he anticipates even as its finalists' find that their lives will never be the same.
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