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Drama. Australia, USA 2018, 115 min. Directed by Joel Edgerton. Starring: Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crow, Joel Edgerton, Xavier Dolan. In English with Russian subtitles. This film is based on a true story. Jared grew up in the family of a Baptist pastor. When he tells his parents that he likes boys, they give him an ultimatum: go through “corrective” therapy to become “normal,” or lose his loved ones, friends, faith, and place in society. They send the boy to a special center where young boys are called hopeless sinners and forced to deny their own nature. But in spite of the pressure, Jared is able to resist and find himself.
Pioner Cinema on Kutuzovsky  |
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8th New Austrian Cinema Festival. Romance. Austria, Germany 2018, 117 min. Directed by Nikolaus Leytner. Starring: Simon Morzé, Bruno Ganz, Johannes Krisch, Emma Drogunova. In German with Russian subtitles. Based on the international bestseller by Robert Seethaler. A tender, heart-breaking story about one young man and his friendship with Sigmund Freud during the Nazi occupation of Vienna. One of Bruno Ganz' final roles.
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Horror, drama, detective. USA 2018, 98 min. Directed by Neil Jordan. Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Chloe Grace Moretz, Maika Monroe, Zawe Ashton, Colm Feore, Stephen Rea. In English with Russian subtitles. A new exciting and tense thriller from master of suspense Neil Jordan. Young Frances, who lost her mother not long ago, moves to New York. In the big, strange city, she feels very alone. After finding a lost bag in the subway by accident and returning it to its owner, she meets Greta: a French widow, also living completely alone. The younger and older women become very close, but suddenly Frances discovers that everything she knows about Greta is a lie. The girl wants to run from this dangerous new acquaintance, but freeing herself from Greta’s grasp and her “motherly” love isn’t as simple as it seems.
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N.I.C.E. Festival of New Italian Cinema. Italy 2017, 97 min. Directed by Dario Albertini. Starring: Andrea Lattanzi, Francesca Antonelli, Renato Scarpa, Raffaella Rea. In Italian with Russian subtitles. Manuel has just turned 18. It is time to leave the foster home where he has lived for the past years, after his mother went to prison. But the newfound freedom is bittersweet. Roaming the streets of his desolate neighborhood, alone with his hopes and fears, Manuel tries to leave the teenager behind and become a responsible adult. He must prove to the authorities that he can look after his mother if she is granted house arrest. Can he give her back her freedom, without losing his?
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