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Irish Week. 12th Irish Film Festival. Drama, history. Ireland 2018, 100 min. Directed by Lance Daly. Starring: Freddie Fox, Moe Dunford, Hugo Weaving, James Frecheville, Barry Keoghan, Sarah Greene, Stephen Rea. In English with Russian subtitles. Set in Ireland during the Great Famine, the drama follows an Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, as he abandons his post to reunite with his family. Despite experiencing the horrors of war, he is shocked by the famine's destruction of his homeland and the brutalization of his people and his family.
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14:00, 21:15. Fantasy, action, adventure. USA 2019, 124 min. Directed by Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck. Starring: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, June Day, Lee Pace, Annette Bening, Djimon Hounsou, Ben Mendelsohn. In English with Russian subtitles. Air Force pilot Carol Danvers lived a completely normal life until she encountered an alien spaceship during one of her flights. She wound up on another planet, acquired superpowers, and became invulnerable. Together with an elite team of warriors from the powerful Kree race, Carol must defend an intergalactic empire. But when the threat of alien invasion hangs over earth, the heroine returns home, for only she is capable of saving her home planet.
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12:00, 19:10. Action, thriller, drama, crime. USA 2018, 121 min. Directed by Karyn Kusama. Starring: Nicole Kidman, Toby Kebbell, Tatiana Maslany, Sebastian Stan. In English with Russian subtitles. Once, the young Erin Bell, an LAPD detective, went undercover into a dangerous criminal gang, but the special operation ended in a bloody nightmare, which left an indelible imprint on her entire life. 16 years later, the head of the gang returns. Now, the hardened and weary Erin, who already doesn’t trust anyone and expects nothing, has to recall her past and trust the criminals once again. That’s the only way that she can finally fix her mistakes and fight the demons of her past.
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Irish Week. 12th Irish Film Festival. Drama. Ireland 2018, 96 min. Directed by Dave Tynan. Starring: Sarah Greene, Emmet Kirwan, Seána Kerslake, Ian Lloyd Anderson. In English with Russian subtitles. Over a drug-fuelled weekend in Dublin, Jason reconnects with his estranged brother, a recovering addict living on the streets.
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Comedy, romance. Italy 2018, 100 min. Directed by Luciano Ligabue. Starring: Stefano Accorsi, Kasia Smutniak, Fausto Maria Sciarappa, Walter Leonardi, Filippo Dini. In Italian with Russian subtitles. Riko has been working for thirty years at the sausage factory, but he gets no joy either from work, from his home life with Sara — his gorgeous wife, with whom he has no shortage of fights and mutual critiques — or from his best friends, who are ready to support him in any situation. But only when all this falls apart, taking away the last of his certainty in existence itself, Riko decides to make the changes that he’s been waiting for. His story is a real roller-coaster, taking him to the height of happiness and then dropping him into the deepest pit of desperation, but he gets up again and again — and in the end, he finds happiness thanks to his stubbornness and the help of his wife and friends, who all stay together no matter what.
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16:40 | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Kaze no Tani no Naushika) |
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Adventure, family, anime. Japan 1984, 117 min. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. In Japanese with Russian subtitles. Princess Nausicaa from the Valley of the Wind lives in a world that is going through an environmental crisis. Nature has changed beyond the point of recognition, the people who remain are constantly at war, but the greatest danger lies in the Jungle, threatening to swallow the entire world and destroy humanity. Preserving the delicate balance between nature and human falls to the good-hearted and brave Nausicaa, who has a unique gift: finding a common language with the denizens of the Toxic Jungle. “Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind” became the “north star” of the legendary Studio Ghibli. The team behind the future studio came together while working on the film: it was produced by Isao Takahata, Hayao Miyazaki’s friend and colleague. The success of Nausicaa’s study led to the formation of Studio Ghibli, and from that moment on, the names Miyazaki and Takahata became inextricably tied with the new studio.
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Drama, romance. Portugal, France, Poland, USA 2016, 75 min. Directed by Gabe Klinger. Starring: Anton Yelchin, Lucie Lucas, Paulo Calatré. In English with Russian subtitles. Jack is a lonely wanderer from America, trying to run away from his problems across the ocean, and Mati is a French archaeology student with her own share of troubles. They meet in foggy Porto and quickly feel an attraction to each other. They spend just one night together, but in their memories — be they joyful or painful and bitter — they will relive the short moments of surprising closeness and passion that bind them together again and again. Young director Gabe Klinger filmed a confession of love to this beautiful Portuguese city, film, and everyone who knows what a broken heart feels like. One of Anton Yelchin’s last film roles.
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23:50 | Promise at Dawn (La Promesse de l’aube) |
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Melodrama. France, Belgium 2017, 131 min. Directed by Eric Barbier. Starring: Pierre Niney, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Didier Bourdon, Jean-Pierre Darroussin. In French with Russian subtitles. On 19 February, as part of Pioner and Mastercard's “Priceless cities in Cinema” festival, Pioner will host the Russian premiere of “Promise at Dawn” (La promesse de l’aube), starring Charlotte Gainsbourg and Pierre Niney. This is a film adaptation of Romain Gary’s autobiographical novel, which tells the story of a mother’s boundless love. When the future Goncourt Prize winner was still a child, his mother took it into her head that he would become a diplomat, soldier, and world-famous writer. Regardless of how the people around her would laugh, and how her son sometimes doubted his own abilities, she continued to believe in him steadfastly — and all of her wildest dreams came true. A mother’s love and unconditional support carried Romain through all the trials and tribulations of his life, full of secrets, battles, and unbelievable twists and turns.
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Crime, drama, thriller. USA 2018, 117 min. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Starring: Bradley Cooper, Clint Eastwood, Noel Gugliemi. In English with Russian subtitles. Earl Stone is 80 years old, and he’s alone, poor, and on the brink of total bankruptcy. Unexpectedly, he gets cushy job offer: just drive a car. Upon agreeing, the old man becomes a courier for a Mexican drug cartel without even realizing it. Things are going well for him, the loads are getting bigger and bigger, and the owners even hire a special person to look after Earl. However, he’s not the only one who’s following the new courier. A tough-as-nails DEA agent is paying attention to Earl. And although his money problems are far in the past, he begins to feel the weight of what he’s doing. Will he correct his mistakes in time? Who will catch him first: the law or the merciless hired guns of the drug dealers?
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09:30, 21:45. Drama, musical. USA 2018, 114 min. Directed by Brady Corbet. Starring: Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Raffey Cassidy, Willem Dafoe, Christopher Abbott, Stacy Martin. In English with Russian subtitles. An unpredictable thriller drama mixed up with extravagant concert scenes. Vox Lux follows the rise of Celeste from the ashes of a major national tragedy to pop super stardom. The film spans 18 years and traces important cultural moments through her eyes, starting in 1999 and concluding in 2017. In 1999, teenage Celeste (Raffey Cassidy) survives a violent tragedy. After singing at a memorial service, Celeste transforms into a burgeoning pop star with the help of her songwriter sister (Stacy Martin) and a talent manager (Jude Law). Celeste's meteoric rise to fame and concurrent loss of innocence dovetails with a shattering terrorist attack on the nation, elevating the young powerhouse to a new kind of celebrity: American icon, secular deity, global superstar. By 2017, adult Celeste (Natalie Portman) is mounting a comeback after a scandalous incident that derailed her career…
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