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19:30 | AmFest 2017: Sweet Virginia |
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Drama/Thriller. USA, Canada 2017, 105 min. Directed by Jamie M. Dagg. Starring: Jon Bernthal, Christopher Abbott, Imogen Poots. A former rodeo star, with a small time life, unknowingly starts a rapport with a young man who is responsible for the violence that has suddenly gripped his small town. Every character from his loved ones to his business patrons, plays a part in the unravelling of this community. Our aged hero must face his relationships of past and present to come up against this unpredictable predator. Awards: TriBeCa Film Festival - World Premiere. Read more
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21:45 | AmFest 2017: Sylvio |
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Comedy/Drama. USA 2017, 80 min. Directed by Kentucker Audley, Albert Birney. Starring: Sylvio Bernardi, Kentucker Audley, Steve Bauer. It's the story of a small town gorilla, Sylvio, who is stuck in his job at a debt collection agency. Deep down he just wants to express himself with his hand puppet, Herbert Herpels, and his experimental puppet show that highlights the quiet moments of life. He accidentally joins a local TV program and a series of on-air mishaps threaten to shatter his identity, sending him on an adventure of self-discovery where reality and fantasy start to blend. Awards: SXSW Film Festival - participation. Read more
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17:10 | AmFest 2017: The Boy Downstairs |
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Comedy/Drama/Romance. USA 2017, 91 min. Directed by Sophie Brooks. Starring: Zosia Mamet, Matthew Shear, Deirdre O'Connell. A young woman is forced to reflect on her first relationship when she inadvertently moves into her ex boyfriend's apartment building. Awards: TriBeCa Film Festival - World Premiere. Read more
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09:10, 22:45. Fanatasy/Thriller. USA, Canada, United Kingdom 2017, 163 min. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring: Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Robin Wright, Ana de Arms, Dave Bautista. In English with Russian subtitles. Officer K works in a special division of the LAPD, specializing in trapping runaway androids – a blade runner. One day, he is granted access to an ancient secret which, as far as he understands, puts the entirety of human existence in jeopardy. Wishing to find the key to the mystery, K decides to track down Rick Deckard, a former blade runner, who disappeared without a trace many years ago. A sequel to the 1982 masterpiece, filmed by Denis Villeneuve and produced by Ridley Scott. The soundtrack was created by some of the greatest contemporary film composers: Hans Zimmer and Jóhann Jóhannsson.
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Drama. USA 2017, 101 min. Directed by Benny Sadie, Josh Sadie. Starring: Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, Jennifer Jason Leigh. In English with Russian subtitles. Desperate to find work and get money to pay his debts, Connie plans a bank robbery. Connie’s partner in this heist is his mentally-challenged brother, Nick. The robbery is a failure, Nick ends up behind bars, and the bag with the money explodes, covering Connie in dye from head to toe. Feeling guilty for what she’s done to her brother, he decides to do whatever it takes to get him away from the police. A drama by Benny Safdie, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. The director himself played the role of Nick, with Robert Pattinson playing opposite as Connie.
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Thriller/Drama. Georgia, Russia, Poland 2017, 104 min. Directed by Rezo Gigineishvili. Starring: Irakli Kvirikadze, Tinatin Dalakishvili, Avtandil Makharadze. In Georgian with Russian subtitles. Movie describes real events that took place in 1983 when seven young Georgians, all from intellectual elite families, attampted to flee the Soviet Union by hijacking an airliner. The crisis ended with a storming of the airliner by Soviet special forces that resulted in eight dead. The surviving hijackers were subsequently tried and executed.
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16:10 | Kingsman: The Golden Circle |
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Action/Comedy. Great Britsain, USA 2017, 135 min. Directed by Matthew Vaughn. Starring: Taron Egerton, Julianne Moore, Halle Berry, Colin Firth, Mark Strong. In English with Russian subtitles. A new challenge for the Kingsman secret service: their headquarters has been destroyed, and the whole world is being held hostage by unknown criminals. The super-agents discover that on the very same day that their organization was founded, the Americans founded their secret counterpart: “Statesman.” Now these two elite services must join forces and challenge their common enemy. The second part of Matthew Vaughn’s spy thriller, with Julianne Moore as the lead villain.
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Drama. France 2017, 84 min. Directed by Christian Carion. Starring: Guillaume Canet, Mélanie Laurent, Olivier de Benoist. In French with Russian subtitles. Julien is so obsessed with his work that he has no time left for his family. His constant business trips have ruined his marriage, and raising his seven-year-old boy, Mathys, has fallen on his ex-wife and her new lover. One day, he learns that the boy has been kidnapped, and he throws himself into the search. The further he goes into his investigation, the more desperately he wishes for revenge. An experimental film by Oscar and BAFTA nominee (for “Merry Christmas/Joyeux Noël”) Christian Carion. The film was shot in only six days, and Canet was entirely unfamiliar with the screenplay – he relied on nothing but personal experience and the experience of Mélanie Laurent, who followed her own script to the letter.
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Drama. France 2017, 84 min. Directed by Christian Carion. Starring: Guillaume Canet, Mélanie Laurent, Olivier de Benoist. In French with Russian subtitles. Julien is so obsessed with his work that he has no time left for his family. His constant business trips have ruined his marriage, and raising his seven-year-old boy, Mathys, has fallen on his ex-wife and her new lover. One day, he learns that the boy has been kidnapped, and he throws himself into the search. The further he goes into his investigation, the more desperately he wishes for revenge. An experimental film by Oscar and BAFTA nominee (for “Merry Christmas/Joyeux Noël”) Christian Carion. The film was shot in only six days, and Canet was entirely unfamiliar with the screenplay – he relied on nothing but personal experience and the experience of Mélanie Laurent, who followed her own script to the letter.
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