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13:40, 20:10, 22:20. Fantasy, Action, Drama. USA, China 2020, 109 min. Directed by Dave Wilson. Starring: Vin Diesel, Sam Heughan, Eiza Gonzalez, Guy Pearce, Talulah Riley, Toby Kebbell. In English with Russian subtitles. Ray Harrison died in battle, but the RST Company has brought him back to life with the help of cutting-edge nanotechnology. Now he has turned into a super-soldier: unstoppable, more powerful than ever, and capable of instant healing. However, his new masters, who send him to all the corners of the earth to liquidate their chosen targets, don’t merely own Ray’s body, but his mind and memories, too. He already doesn’t know what’s real and what’s not, or who he actually is. This is what he must understand—and this is the mission that will become his most dangerous yet.
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18:10, 00:30. Comedy. France 2019, 90 min. Directed by Tristan Seguela. Starring: Michel Blanc, Hakim Jemili, Solene Rigot, Chantal Lauby, Franck Gastambide. In French with Russian subtitles. On Christmas Eve, some Parisians are getting ready to unwrap their presents with their families, while others are watching TV all alone. Still others are working—like Serge. He is the only emergency doctor left on shift after all of his colleagues have headed home. The calls keep rolling in, and Serge tries to deal with them while keeping his spirits up with alcohol. Suddenly, he gets a call from Rose, his son’s ex-girlfriend, who has gotten into an accident. Serge arrives at her doorstep alongside Malek, an equally unlucky courier. Tonight, they will have to become an extremely odd but strong team.
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18:00. Fantasy. Italy, France, United Kingdom 2019, 125 min. Directed by Matteo Garrone. Starring: Roberto Benigni, Federico Ielapi, Rocco Papaleo, Massimo Ceccherini, Marine Vacth. In Italian with Russian subtitles. Geppetto, a lonely carpenter, carves the figure of a boy out of a log, which then comes to life and becomes his beloved child. But his joy doesn’t last long: Pinocchio runs away from home and winds up in a series of strange, magical and exciting adventures. He encounters incredible creatures, is subject to danger, and sometimes even finds himself on the brink of death. But thanks to all of this, he learns the most important things: valuing other people’s feelings, loving, and being a person. Carlo Collodi’s ancient fairytale comes to life onscreen as we’ve never seen it before.
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| Simon's Got a Gift (La dernière vie de Simon) |
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11:30. Fantasy, Melodrama. France, Belgium 2019, 103 min. Directed by Leo Karmann. Starring: Benjamin Voisin, Martin Karmann, Camille Claris, Nicolas Wanczycki. In French with Russian subtitles. A French movie about first love? Sounds like a classic, foolproof story. However, the typical melodramatic plot is augmented here with elements of fantasy. The young director Leo Karmann presents his feature-length debut about an orphan named Simon, gifted with the superpower of transforming into any person he’s met at least once. This talent leads the boy into dangerous liaisons and dramatic situations, all centered around passionate romantic relationships.
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16:00. Drama, Adventure, Family. Australia 2019, 99 min. Directed by Shawn Seet. Starring: Finn Little, Jai Courtney, Geoffrey Rush, Erik Thomson. In English with Russian subtitles. Michael Kingley is a successful businessman and happy father. But one day, he is overcome by figures from his childhood, spend on a seashore hidden from the rest of the world. He must tell his granddaughter the unusual story of Storm Boy and an orphaned pelican, Mister Percival—a story of adventures and incredible friendship that influenced his entire life. The film is based on Colin Thiele’s international bestseller, Storm Boy, and the popular video game by the same name.
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15:30, 20:30, 00:50. Action, Comedy. USA 2019, 113 min. Directed by Guy Ritchie. Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Hugh Grant, Michelle Dockery, Colin Farrell, Jeremy Strong. In English with Russian subtitles. Mickey Pearson is an American who has become a real English gentleman thanks to the money he’s made selling marijuana. He built an empire, but the time has come to settle down and step back from the business. Mickey is looking for someone to buy his business, but in the criminal world of London, there are plenty of people looking to get it for free and knock the crime king off of his throne to rights. They’ve only failed to account for the fact that Mickey may be ready to retire, but he’s not ready to get out of the game. Thus begins a wild crime story with shootouts, showdowns, dirty money and politically incorrect jokes—and nobody will tell it better than Guy Ritchie.
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| Theatre HD Live in Cinema: Der Fliegende Holländer |
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19:55. Opera by Richard Wagner. 149 min (with no interval). Conductor: Valery Gergiev. Director: François Girard. In German with Russian subtitles. François Girard, whose revelatory 2013 take on Parsifal set the recent Met standard for Wagner stagings, now unveils a spellbinding new vision of the composer's tale of a cursed sea captain doomed to sail the open ocean for eternity—live in cinemas March 14. With sweeping sets by John Macfarlane, Girard’s new production turns the Met stage into a rich, layered tableau reminiscent of a vast oil painting. Valery Gergiev conducts a brilliant cast led by bass-baritone Evgeny Nikitin as the Dutchman, with German soprano Anja Kampe making her anticipated Met debut as the devoted Senta, whose selfless love is what the Dutchman seeks. Bass Franz-Josef Selig is her father, Daland, and tenor Sergey Skorokhodov is her deserted former lover, Erik. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to more than 2,200 theaters in more than 70 countries worldwide.
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| Theatre HD Live in Cinema: Timon of Athens |
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15:00. Theatre production. USA 2019, 158 min (with one interval). Directed by Simon Godwin. Starring: Kathryn Hunter, Sam Pay, Patrick Drury. In English with Russian subtitles. In a world driven by greed, what do we truly value? Timon has it all – money, influence, friends. Surely it can’t last? When the money runs out, Timon soon finds her influence and friends have also gone. Left alone, she flees Athens to take refuge in the woods, cursing the city she once loved.
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22:50. Almanac, Short film. UK, Canada, USA 2020, 98 min. In English with Russian subtitles. Every year, the Academy Awards are an exciting event for the cinema world. The “Top 5 Oscars” program includes five outstanding short films that were nominated for the prize. This year’s collection includes the Oscar-winning entry from 2019, films from the United Kingdom and Canada that were included on the short list, an animated film from the United States and the award winner from 2020. 1. Wale (Dir. Barnaby Blackburn, United Kingdom, 20 minutes); 2. Fauve (Dir. Jeremy Comte, Canada, 17 minutes); 3. Weekends (Dir. Trevor Jimenez, United States, 16 minutes); 4. Sin Cielo (Dir. Jianna Maarten, United States, 25 minutes); 5. Skin (Dir. Guy Nattiv, United States, 20 minutes (gold medal, 2019).
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