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Drama, biography. USA 2018, 120 min. Directed by Felix van Groeningen. Starring: Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney, Christian Convery. In English with Russian subtitles. At age 18, Nic was a top student and the editor of the school paper, acted in school plays, and played on the water polo team. He spent days voraciously reading and drawing, and planned on going to college in the fall. But at the moment when he was meant to finish school, an addiction that started as teenage fun turned into a serious threat to his future. “Beautiful Boy” tells about the Sheff family’s fight with their son’s destructive addiction and the saving quality of parental love. The father in the film was played by famous American actor Steve Carell (“Bruce Almighty,” “Foxcatcher,” “The Big Short”), and his son, Nic Sheff, by one of the brightest young stars, Timothée Chalamet (“Call Me By Your Name”), who was nominated for a Golden Globe for his work on “Beautiful Boy.”
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16:40, 23:40. Drama. Belgium, Netherlands 2019, 109 min. Directed by Lukas Dhont. Starring: Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter, Katelijne Damen, Valentijn Dhaenens, Alexia Depicker, Tijmen Govaerts, Nele Hardiman, Oliver Bodart, Alice de Broqueville, Magali Elali. In French, Flemish and English with Russian subtitles. Lara is 15 years old, and she wants to become a ballerina. Along with her father and younger brother, she moves to a new city to try and enter the most famous ballet academy in Belgium. Her dream seems closer than ever to coming true. Lara is ready for strict ballet discipline, but that’s not the only reason that every day becomes a struggle for her. Lara, in fact, was born with a boy’s body. Alongside her punishing lessons, she is going through a grueling physical and emotional process that will ultimately bring her to become her full self.
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Biography, drama. USA 2019, 105 min. Directed by Craig William Macneill. Starring: Kristen Stewart, Chloé Sevigny, Kim Dickens, Denis O’Hare, Jeff Perry, Fiona Shaw. In English with Russian subtitles. Craig William Macneill’s film, inspired by and featuring Chloé Sevigny in the title role, offers a new perspective on one of the most famous and mysterious crimes in American history. Mr. Borden and his second wife were chopped up with an axe in 1892. His daughter, Lizzie, was accused of the murder, and though she was acquitted by the court, now there is hardly any doubt as to her guilt. But what pushed the quiet, well-mannered lady to such a vicious crime? Maybe the answer is hidden in Lizzie’s relationship with their maid, Maggie; their secret love; family violence; and broken dreams.
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Biography, history. Ireland, UK, USA 2018, 120 min. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Starring: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Mark Gatiss, Joe Alwyn. In English with Russian subtitles. Early 18th century. England is at war with the French. Nevertheless, duck racing and pineapple eating are thriving. A frail Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz) governs the country in her stead while tending to Anne's ill health and mercurial temper. When a new servant Abigail (Emma Stone) arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah. Sarah takes Abigail under her wing and Abigail sees a chance at a return to her aristocratic roots. As the politics of war become quite time consuming for Sarah, Abigail steps into the breach to fill in as the Queen's companion. Their burgeoning friendship gives her a chance to fulfill her ambitions and she will not let woman, man, politics or rabbit stand in her way.
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