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20:00 | AmFest 2017: Call me by Your Name |
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Drama/Romance. Italy, France, Brazil, USA 2017, 132 min. Directed by Luca Guadagnino. Starring: Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg. It's the summer of 1983 in the north of Italy, and Elio Perlman, a precocious 17- year-old American-Italian boy, spends his days in his family's 17th century villa transcribing and playing classical music, reading, and flirting with his friend Marzia. Elio enjoys a close relationship with his father, an eminent professor specializing in Greco-Roman culture, and his mother Annella, a translator, who favor him with the fruits of high culture in a setting that overflows wit h natural delights. While Elio's sophistication and intellectual gifts suggest he is already a fully-fledged adult, there is much that yet remains innocent and unformed about him, particularly about matters of the heart. One day, Oliver, a charming American scholar working on his doctorate, arrive to work as an assistant for Elio's father. Awards & Festivals: Berlin Film Festival - participation; Toronto International Film Festival - Audience Award (3d place); Melbourne International Film Festival - Audience Award; Sydney International Film Festival - Audience Award (2nd place); Adelaide International Film Festival - participation. Read more
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Fanatasy/Thriller. USA, Canada, United Kingdom 2017, 163 min. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring: Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Robin Wright, Ana de Arms, Dave Bautista. In English with Russian subtitles. Officer K works in a special division of the LAPD, specializing in trapping runaway androids – a blade runner. One day, he is granted access to an ancient secret which, as far as he understands, puts the entirety of human existence in jeopardy. Wishing to find the key to the mystery, K decides to track down Rick Deckard, a former blade runner, who disappeared without a trace many years ago. A sequel to the 1982 masterpiece, filmed by Denis Villeneuve and produced by Ridley Scott. The soundtrack was created by some of the greatest contemporary film composers: Hans Zimmer and Jóhann Jóhannsson.
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Drama. USA 2016, 98 min. Directed by Philippe Falardeau. Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts. In English with Russian subtitles. Chuck Wepner, the "Bayonne Bleeder," he was the pride of Bayonne, New Jersey, a man who went fifteen rounds in the ring with Muhammad Ali, and the real life inspiration for Rocky Balboa. But before all that, Chuck Wepner was a liquor salesman and father with a modest prizefighting career whose life changed overnight when, in 1975, he was chosen to take on The Greatest in a highly publicized title match. It's the beginning of a wild ride through the exhilarating highs and humbling lows of sudden fame-but what happens when your fifteen minutes in the spotlight are up?
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16:20 | Close Relations (Rodnye) |
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Documentary. Latvia, Germany, Estonia, Ukraine 2016, 112 min. Directed by Vitaly Mansky. In Russian with English subtitles. A film by one of Russia’s essential documentary directors, Vitaly Mansky (“Pipeline,” “Under the Sun”), dedicated to the director’s life and family relations living in different corners of Ukraine – Lvov, Odessa, Kiev, Donbass, and Crimea. The film’s storyline, shot over the course of the year immediately after the victory on Maidan, follows the events in Crimea and the war in Donbass, exposes the deep roots of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
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19:30 | Danish Wave: Aminas Breve |
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Drama. Denmark, Germany 2017, 85 min. Directed by Jacob Bitsch. Starring: Esben Smed Jensen, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Lisa Carlehed, Omar Shargawi. Janus, who has just been discharged from a psychiatric ward, is armed with a single mission. He must find Amina, his friend from high school - no matter the cost. The many letters he received from Amina while he was hospitalised gave Janus hope and a belief in the future. But suddenly, the vital lifeline was broken and the letters ceased coming. Janus is convinced that something bad has happened to Amina and begins putting together the numerous pieces of the jigsaw puzzle. His search for the truth leads Janus on a dangerous detective journey through the dark streets of big city where everyone he comes into contact and who knows Amina seems to be hiding something. Read more
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Melodrama. Hungary 2017, 116 min. Directed by Ildikó Enyedi. Starring: Géza Morcsányi, Alexandra Borbély, Zoltán Schneider, Ervin Nagy. In Hungarian with Russian subtitles. Endre is the quiet but well-intentioned director of a Hungarian slaughterhouse. He often dreams of turning into a deer, wandering around snowy woods, and hopelessly tries to start a friendship with another graceful animal of the female persuasion. One day, a new coworker named Mária appears, and it turns out that she has the same dreams as Endre. Hungarian director Ildikó Enyedi’s surrealistic opus, which won a Golden Bear at the 2017 Berlinale.
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11:50, 19:10, 21:20. Thriller/Drama. France, Belgium 2017, 110 min. Directed by François Ozon. Starring: Marine Vacth, Jérémie Renier, Jacqueline Bisset. In French with Russian subtitles. Chloé, a fragile young woman, falls in love with her psychoanalyst, Paul. A few months later she moves in with him, but soon discovers that her lover is concealing a part of his identity.
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11:20, 17:15. Thriller. Great Britsain 2016, 105 min. Directed by Juan Carlos Medina. Starring: Olivia Cooke, Bill Nighy, Douglas Booth. In English with Russian subtitles. A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times - the mythical so-called Golem - must be responsible.
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