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09:10. Fantasy, drama. USA, Canada, Hong Kong 2020, 115 min. Directed by Niki Caro. Starring: Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen, Li Gong. In English with Russian subtitles. When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Army to defend the country from Northern invaders, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of an honored warrior, steps in to take the place of her ailing father. Masquerading as a man, Hua Jun, she is tested every step of the way and must harness her inner-strength and embrace her true potential. It is an epic journey that will transform her into an honored warrior and earn her the respect of a grateful nation...and a proud father.
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| Theatre HD Live in Cinema: Don Giovanni |
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The Metropolitan Opera 2011, 202 min (with one intermission). Directed by Michael Grandage. Starring: Mariusz Kwiecien, Marina Rebeka, Barbara Frittoli. In Italian. Mariusz Kwiecien in the title role of the world’s most notorious lover leads a starry lineup of refined Mozartians in Michael Grandage’s elegant 2011 production. Luca Pisaroni sings Leporello, Giovanni’s servant who both admires and hates his master. Marina Rebeka as Donna Anna, Barbara Frittoli as Donna Elvira, and Mojca Erdmann as Zerlina are the trio of women seduced by Giovanni. Ramón Vargas plays Don Ottavio, Anna’s fiancé, and Joshua Bloom as Masetto and Štefan Kocán as the Commendatore round you the cast. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leads the orchestra and plays harpsichord continuo. Watch online here.
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| Theatre HD Live in Cinema: Le Nozze di Figaro |
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The Metropolitan Opera 1998, 183 min. Directed by Jonathan Miller. Starring: Renée Fleming, Dwayne Croft, Bryn Terfel. The Met assembled a vocal dream team for Jonathan Miller’s stylish production of the eternal Mozart masterpiece: Renée Fleming as the Countess, Cecilia Bartoli as Susanna, and Bryn Terfel as Figaro. With James Levine—one of the world’s great conductors of Mozart—in the pit, Bartoli interpolating two rarely heard alternate arias, and Dwayne Croft as the Count and Susanne Mentzer as Cherubino, this is a performance for the record books. Watch online here.
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| Theatre HD Live in Cinema: Richard II |
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Royal Shakespeare Company 2013, 158 min. Directed by Gregory Doran. Starring: David Tennant, Nigel Lindsay, Antony Byrne. In English. Richard is King. A monarch ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. A man whose vanity threatens to divide the great houses of England and drag his people into a dynastic civil war that will last 100 years. Watch online here.
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09:25. Drama, Romance. Germany, France 2020, 90 min. Directed by Christian Petzold. Starring: Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski, Maryam Zaree. In German with Russian subtitles. Undine, an employee of the Berlin History Museum, can tell you a lot about the architecture of the German capital. But her personal life remains unhappy. The sadness does not last long: soon she meets a diver named Christophe who is impressed by Undine's lecture. Together, they will learn a lot about happiness and pain, intimacy and separation, as well as the mystical side of the city. This is a new film dedicated to Berlin by Christian Petzold, one of the leaders of the "Berlin school."
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