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14:00 | 51th Japanese Film Festival: Gakutai no Usagi |
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Drama/Musical. Japan 2013, 97 min. Directed by Takuji Suzuki. Starring: Arata Iura, Sawa Suzuki, Masaru Miyazaki. Katsuhisa has an introspective personality. He wants to spend as little time as possible at his junior high school and go home as soon as possible. One day, a mysterious rabbit appears in front of Katsuhisa and leads him to the school's wind band club. He is captivated by their performance. Even though members of the wind band stay after school for practice, Katsuhisa decides to join the band. The groups prepares for a national competition. Awards: Tokyo International Film Festival - Japanese Cinema Splash Award. Read more
Formula Kino Horizon  |
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16:00 | 51th Japanese Film Festival: Sandome no Satsujin |
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Drama/Mystery. Japan 2017, 124 min. Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. Starring: Masaharu Fukuyama, Kôji Yakusho, Isao Hashizume. Leading attorney Shigemori takes on the defense of murder-robbery suspect Misumi who served jail time for another murder committed thirty years ago. Shigemori’s chances of winning the case seem low—his client freely admits his guilt, despite facing the death penalty if he is convicted. As he digs deeper into the case, as he hears the testimonies of the victim’s family and Misumi himself, the once confident Shigemori begins to doubt whether his client is the murderer after all. Venice Film Festival - participation. Read more
Formula Kino Horizon |
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18:30 | 51th Japanese Film Festival: Yokomichi Yonosuke |
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Romance/Comedy. Japan 2013, 160 min. Directed by Shûichi Okita. Starring: Jun Kunimura, Ayumi Itô, Gô Ayano. The year is 1987 and Japan is just reaching the peak of its economic success. Eighteen-year old Yonosuke Yokomichi arrives in Tokyo from Nagasaki. Ordinary in every way possible, he lives in a suburb far from the excitement of the big city and commutes to a university in the center of Tokyo. During his first days at school, Yonosuke befriends Ippei Kuramochi and Yui Akutsu. Soon after, he joins the Samba club and spends his leisure time learning to dance. In the Samba club, Yonosuke meets Kato, who turns out to be gay. Together, they take a driving class where Yoko, a rich girl, shows interest in Yonosuke. But he hardly notices her advances; he is infatuated with party girl Chiharu, an older woman he met by chance. Parallel to the depiction of this year of ordinary college life, the characters are shown sixteen years later in the year 2003. However, missing from these scenes is Yonosuke, who is said to have become a cameraman after college. Awards: Tama Cinema Forum - Best Actress; Blue Ribbon Award - Best Actor; Mainichii Film Award - Best Supporting Actress. Read more
Formula Kino Horizon |
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13:00 | Exhibition on Screen: Goya: Visions of Flesh and Blood |
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Exhibition film. UK 2015, 94 min. Directed by David Bickerstaff. In English with Russian subtitles. Francisco Goya is Spain’s most celebrated artist and considered the father of modern art. Not only a brilliant observer of everyday life and Spain’s troubled past, he is a gifted portrait painter and social commentator par excellence. Goya takes the genre of portraiture to new heights and his genius is reappraised in a much-anticipated landmark exhibition at The National Gallery, London. The film uses this exhibition to look in depth at Goya’s eventful life. Through extensive location footage, Goya’s revealing letters and a unique exhibition of masterpieces from great collections across the world, this film builds a fascinating portrait of the painter and the colourful world he painted. Influenced by Rembrandt and Velázquez, Goya explored a new realism where he did not flatter and was not afraid to reveal what he saw physically and psychologically. Yet this did not stop him securing major commissions from powerful individuals seeking the prestige of being painted by the best artist of the day. Royalty, aristocrats, politicians and close friends were subjected to his highly modern approach that captured rapid changes of expression, gesture and emotion. Goya’s powerful vision and technical brilliance makes him one of the most admired and revered artists in the world today and indeed among the greatest painters to have lived.
Cinema Park Metropolis |
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13:00 | Exhibition on Screen: Goya: Visions of Flesh and Blood |
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Exhibition film. UK 2015, 94 min. Directed by David Bickerstaff. In English with Russian subtitles. Francisco Goya is Spain’s most celebrated artist and considered the father of modern art. Not only a brilliant observer of everyday life and Spain’s troubled past, he is a gifted portrait painter and social commentator par excellence. Goya takes the genre of portraiture to new heights and his genius is reappraised in a much-anticipated landmark exhibition at The National Gallery, London. The film uses this exhibition to look in depth at Goya’s eventful life. Through extensive location footage, Goya’s revealing letters and a unique exhibition of masterpieces from great collections across the world, this film builds a fascinating portrait of the painter and the colourful world he painted. Influenced by Rembrandt and Velázquez, Goya explored a new realism where he did not flatter and was not afraid to reveal what he saw physically and psychologically. Yet this did not stop him securing major commissions from powerful individuals seeking the prestige of being painted by the best artist of the day. Royalty, aristocrats, politicians and close friends were subjected to his highly modern approach that captured rapid changes of expression, gesture and emotion. Goya’s powerful vision and technical brilliance makes him one of the most admired and revered artists in the world today and indeed among the greatest painters to have lived.
Formula Kino Lubyanka |
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11:45 | Goodbye Christopher Robin |
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Family/Biography. UK 2017, 107 min. Directed by Simon Curtis. Starring: Margot Robbie, Domhnall Gleeson, Kelly Macdonald. In English with Russian subtitles. A rare glimpse into the relationship between beloved children's author A. A. Milne and his son Christopher Robin, whose toys inspired the magical world of Winnie the Pooh. Along with his mother Daphne, and his nanny Olive, Christopher Robin and his family are swept up in the international success of the books; the enchanting tales bringing hope and comfort to England after the First World War. But with the eyes of the world on Christopher Robin, what will the cost be to the family?
Pioner Cinema on Kutuzovsky |
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Comedy. France 2017, 85 min. Directed by Bruno Chiche. Starring: Stéphane De Groodt, Louise Bourgoin, Aure Atike, Ginnie Watson, Jean-Benoît Ugeux. In French with Russian subtitles. Pierre and Pénélope are having an affair and carefully hiding it from their spouses. But after what should have been their last night, they wake up...in each other's bodies! Now they must hide their secret and somehow weasel out of all their problems. A classic comic collision with a body swap. This time, in French.
Pioner Cinema on Kutuzovsky |
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13:30, 23:00. Action/Fantasy. USA 2017, 120 min. Directed by Zack Snyder. Starring: Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams. In English with Russian subtitles. The heroism of Superman, who sacrificed himself to save the planet (to which the film "Batman vs. Superman" was dedicated), gave Bruce Wayne renewed faith in humanity. Together with his ally, Diana Prince, he begins to collect a band of superhumans. Along with Aquaman, Cyborg, and the Flash, they must fight with a powerful enemy and save Earth from a catastrophic invasion. Zack Snyder's superhero action movie, based on eponymous series from DC Comics.
Pioner Cinema on Kutuzovsky |
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| Murder on the Orient Express |
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18:30, 01:25. Detective/Thriller. USA 2017, 110 min. Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Starring: Johnny Depp, Michael Peña, Michelle Pfeiffer, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Sergey Polunin. In English with Russian subtitles. A group of passengers are traveling across Europe on the luxurious Orient Express. Unexpectedly, one of them is found dead. The famous investigator, Hercule Poirot, is tasked with sorting out this strange case. He must figure out the puzzle before the criminal delivers another blow. A new screen adaptation of Agatha Christie's famous novel. Hercule Poirot is played by the director himself, Kenneth Branagh. Among the suspects are Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Judi Dench, and even famous ballet dancer Sergey Polunin.
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16:20, 21:00. Detective/Comedy. USA 2017, 105 min. Directed by George Clooney. Starring: Matt Damon, Oscar Isaac, Julianne Moore, Josh Brolin. In English with Russian subtitles. America, at the end of the 1950s. Suburbicon is a beautiful, quiet town in the very heart of the country – the embodiment of the American dream. That's how the Lodge family saw it, anyway. But looks can be deceiving: under the façade of peace and quiet, the town hides a horrifying reality. The head of the family, Gardner Lodge, must dive into this dark world of betrayal, violence, and deceit. George Clooney's detective comedy, based on a script by the Coen brothers. The film was nominated for a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
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Action/Fantasy. USA 2017, 130 min. Directed by Taika Waititi. Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett. In English with Russian subtitles. Imprisoned, the almighty Thor finds himself in a lethal gladiatorial contest against the Hulk, his former ally. Thor must fight for survival and race against time to prevent the all-powerful Hela from destroying his home and the Asgardian civilization.
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