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Drama. Italy 2015,100 min. Directed by Antonio Capuano. Starring: Luigi Attrice, Antonio Casagrande, Marco Grieco. In Italian with Russian subtitles. Bagnoli. Among the ruins of Ilva, the great factory of progress in the past and today a desolate indictment, Giggino, Antonio and Marco move, live and survive. Three generations that, throughout the three chapters, only occasionally cross paths. Three characters that one at a time encounter street musicians and house painters, nuns and gangsters, half naked or desperate housewives, fat shopkeepers and starving migrants. And also rappers, runaways, normal people at a protest… Without any order or sense. Only those who remain where history erased their paths will find themselves in a steppe, or in a desolate, contaminated and empty jungle.
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Action/Fantasy/Comedy. Spain, Canada 2016, 110 min. Directed by Nacho Vigalondo. Starring: Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Austin Stowell. In English with Russian subtitles. Thanks to an addiction to alcohol and loud parties, Gloria’s life spins out of control. Her boyfriend dumps her and she loses her job in New York. Ultimately, she is forced to return to her hometown in the hopes of starting life anew. However, the move doesn’t change Gloria’s life – now, she just hangs out in an old friend’s bar every evening. At the same time, an enormous monster attacks Seoul, ruining everything in its path, and soon Gloria understands that these events are somehow fantastically connected with her. This new film by Spanish director and Oscar winner Nacho Vigalondo (“Timecrimes,” “Open Windows”) deftly balances between a disaster film and a romantic comedy. Anne Hathaway stars.
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Melodrama. France 2016, 124 min. Directed by Lisa Azuelos. Starring: Sveva Alviti, Riccardo Scamarcio, Jean-Paul Rouve, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Alessandro Borghi. In French with Russian subtitles. The story of the stunning success and tragic fate of Iolanda Gigliotti, who became famous in the 1950s and ‘60s as the glamorous singer and actress Dalida. A native Italian, she moved to Paris in order to take advantage of her charm and talent. But fame and fortune didn’t bring her happiness. Through her whole life, she searched for real love, and sacrificed everything for it. A biographical film by the actress and director Lisa Azuelos, dedicated to one of the most famous French singers ever.
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Action/Comedy. France, Great Britain 2017, 92 min. Directed by Ben Wheatley. Starring: Sharlto Copley, Brie Larson, Armie Hammer. In English with Russian subtitles. Boston, 1978. Two Irishmen, connected by a young woman, meet with a group of criminals at an abandoned warehouse who plan to give them a cache of weapons. The deal is a bust, and a game for survival begins. Ben Wheatley, director of the dystopian "High-Rise" and the hallucinatory drama "A Field in England," returns with yet another experiment. Martin Scorsese produces.
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| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 |
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11:10, 16:00, 18:00, 18:40, 20:40. Action/Fantasy. USA 2017, 127 min. Directed by James Gunn. Starring: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Kurt Russell, Chris Sullivan, Sylvester Stallone. In English with Russian subtitles. The team returns in classic form: the Earthling Peter Quill (also known as Star-Lord), the silent muscle Drax, the green-skinned mercenary Gamora, the living tree Groot, and the talking raccoon Rocket. The heroes remain true to themselves and continue with alarming regularity to end up in unreal situations, escaping from them almost without injury (and sometimes even to the advantage) to those around them. This time, they must uncover one of the greatest secrets in the Galaxy: who is Peter Quill’s father, after all?
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09:15 | If I were a Boy (Si j’étais un Homme) |
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Comedy. France, Belgium 2017, 97 min. Directed by Audrey Dana. Starring: Audrey Dana, Christian Clavier, Eric Elmosnino. In French with Russian subtitles. Jeanne is a 38-year-old mother of two, who has absolutely terrible luck with men: her husband leaves her and wins joint custody of their children, and her relationship with her new boyfriend falls apart. In the end, Jeanne decides not to have anything to do with the opposite sex. However, one day she wakes up and discovers between her legs the organ of that very same opposite sex, and from this unexpected discovery forward, her life turns into a series of unbelievable events.
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14:00 | Once Upon a Time in Germany (Es war einmal in Deutschland…) |
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Comedy. Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium 2017, 101 min. Directed by Sam Garbarski. Starring: Antje Traue, Moritz Bleibtreu, Mark Ivanir. In German with Russian subtitles. Frankfurt, 1946. The enterprising David Bermann and six of his friends avoided the horrors of the Nazi regime, and now dream of emigrating to America. But before they do anything, Bermann has to prove to the uncompromising Sara Simon, the representative of American forces in Germany, that he never had any criminal ties to the Nazis. A new comedy by Sam Garbarski, winner of an award at the Berlin Film Festival for “Irina Palm.”
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13:50, 21:20. Thriller/Drama/Fantasy. United Arab Emirates, USA 2016, 110 min. Directed by James Ponsoldt. Starring: Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, John Boyega. In English with Russian subtitles. Mae has been hired to work at a powerful internet company which, thanks to its universal operating system, simultaneously controls an email service, a payment system, and a social media network. The founder of “Circle” takes notice his talented new colleague, and invites her to take part in a groundbreaking experiment which promises to push the boundaries of personal freedom and the possibilities of the individual user. Soon, our heroine is forced to find out what is actually hidden behind the facade of this exemplary company. ames Ponsoldt’s new techno-thriller, featuring Emma Watson and Tom Hanks in the leading roles, based on Dave Eggers’ novel “A Hologram for the King.”
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16:05, 01:15. Drama. France 2016, 90 min. Directed by Frédéric Beigbeder. Starring: Gaspard Proust, Audrey Fleurot, Anamaria Vartolomei. In French with Russian subtitles. Octave Parango (Gaspard Proust) is a representative for a major cosmetics company, who sets off for Russia in search of the ideal girl to become the face of his company. In his search for the right "type," he combs through the best nightclubs of Moscow, drinks vodka with oligarchs, and passes judgment on one gorgeous woman after another. One day, he settles on Elena (Anamaria Vartolomei), who turns out to be a suitable candidate. The second screen adaptation (after "Love Lasts Three Years") by Frédéric Beigbeder of one of his own novels by the same name, about the unbelievable adventures of the former ad man and hero of "99 Francs," Octave Parango. This time - in Russia!
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Action/Thriller. Great Britain 2017, 98 min. Directed by Michael Apted. Starring: Noomi Rapace, Orlando Bloom, Michael Douglas. In English with Russian subtitles. Terrorists planning an attack on London trap a CIA agent and cleverly force her to share the information they need. The terrorists threaten the British metropolis with the use of a biological weapon. In order to avert tragedy, a team of experienced agents come up with a plan to free their colleague and save London. A thriller by Michael Apted (“The World is Not Enough, “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader”), who collected a true star cast of Michael Douglas, John Malkovich, Orlando Bloom, and Toni Collette, all headed by Noomi Rapace (“Prometheus”).
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