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15:00. Comedy, Romance. Russia 2019, 92 min. Directed by Anna Parmas. Starring: Olga Albanova, Vitali Daushev, Anton Filipenko. In Russian with English subtitles. Masha, a gynaecology doctor, is so absorbed by her work that she doesn't immediately come to notice that her husband is about to leave her. Her life is shattered: Masha is overloaded at work, and her kids are demanding constant attention. Used to winning, Masha isn't ready to hand over her beloved husband to a young and stunning-looking fitness trainer. Masha won't stop at anything to get him back, including turning to supernatural forces. But her new life opens up new opportunities, so is this old barely flickering flame really worth reigniting?
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00:05. Drama. France, Senegal, Belgium 2019, 104 min. Directed by Mati Diop. Starring: Abdou Balde, Aminata Kane, Ibrahima Mbaye, Amadou Mbow, Mame Bineta Sane. In French with Russian subtitles. The film won the Grand Prix at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. In the suburbs of Dakar, a skyscraper is being built on the Atlantic coast. The workers haven’t been paid for a long time, and one night, they decide to leave behind their miserable life and set off for Spain on a boat. One of them, Souleiman, is beloved by Ada, even though she has already been promised to a wealthy groom. At night, the boat crashes, and everyone onboard perishes. The grief-stricken Ada agrees to marry. But after a short time, she begins to feel Souleiman’s presence: he and his drowned comrades have returned to claim what’s theirs.
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17:00. Melodrama, Comedy. France 2019, 115 min. Directed by Nicolas Bedos. Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Fanny Ardant, Guillaume Canet, Doria Tillier, Pierre Arditi, Denis Podalydes, Michael Cohen. In French with Russian subtitles. If you could travel to any time period, which would you choose? Victor, an elderly caricature artist, wanted to return to May 1974, when he first met his future wife Marianne. A special firm organizes these “time travels” with the help of actors, perfectly recreated sets, and costums. For Victor, this escape to the age of his youth becomes salvation from a sad reality, where nobody needs his drawings anymore, his son speaks a different language, and his wife despises him. Even though this return to the past is just an illusion, it is there that he finds a new path to a happy future.
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14:20. Drama, Romance. UK, USA 2019, 122 min. Directed by Michael Engler. Starring: Matthew Goode, Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern. In English with Russian subtitles. This fall, the worldwide phenomenon Downton Abbey, becomes a grand motion picture event, as the beloved Crawleys and their intrepid staff prepare for the most important moment of their lives. A royal visit from the King and Queen of England will unleash scandal, romance and intrigue that will leave the future of Downton hanging in the balance.
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16:50. Documentary. USA 2019, 116 min. Directed by Sebastian Jones, Ramez Silyan. In English with Russian subtitles. Executive produced by Terrence Malick, Everybody's Everything is an intimate, humanistic portrait that seeks to understand an artist who attempted to be all things to all people. Creating a unique mix of punk, emo and trap, Lil Peep was set to bring a new musical genre to the mainstream when he died of a drug overdose at just 21 years old. Everybody's Everything was produced by First Access Entertainment and Beamer Boy Productions, in association with Liza Womack (Ahr's mother).
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09:15. Drama, Biography. USA, France 2019, 152 min. Directed by James Mangold. Starring: Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Caitriona Balfe, Jon Bernthal, JJ Feild, Josh Lucas. In English with Russian subtitles. Oscar laureates Matt Damon and Christian Bale star in a new film by the director of “Logan” and “Walk the Line,” James Mangold, based on an incredible but true story. The film tells the story of how outstanding American automotive engineer Carroll Shelby and fearless British driver Ken Miles challenged corporate inference, their own demons, and the laws of physics themselves. They decided to create an absolutely new racer for Ford and compete with Enzo Ferrari’s sports cars in the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966.
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19:30. Documentary. France 2019, 85 min. Directed by Louis Wallecan. In English with Russian subtitles. Street dance and classical ballet combine incredibly organically in the work of Lil’ Buck, a rising start of contemporary dance. Louis Wallecan’s documentary opens a door into the world of Jookin, a dance tradition of skater and rap cultures that was born on the streets of Memphis. It was there, from dance battles and parking lot rehearsals, that Lil’ Buck’s path to world fame began: to millions of views of his videos with world-famous cellist Yo Yo Ma, filmed by Spike Jonze. The talented boy from Memphis became a part of Madonna’s show, performed at Fondation Louis Vuitton, and was filmed as part of a Mikhail Baryshnikov video and in ads for Apple and Versace. But it is in the ballet studio that Lil’ Buck uses his natural flexibility completely, moving such that audiences have only one question: “how does he do it?”
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11:40. Biography, Drama, History. Russia, Italy 2019, 134 min. Directed by Andrey Konchalovskiy. Starring: Yuliya Vysotskaya, Orso Maria Guerrini, Alberto Testone. In Italian with Russian subtitles. Florence, early XVI century. Although widely considered a genius by his contemporaries, Michelangelo Buonarroti (Alberto Testone) is reduced to poverty and depleted by his struggle to finish the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. When his commissioner and head of the Della Rovere nobility Pope Julius II dies, Michelangelo becomes obsessed with sourcing the finest marble to complete his tomb. The artist's loyalty is tested when Leo X, of the rival Medici family, ascends to the papacy and charges him with a lucrative new commission - the façade of the San Lorenzo basilica. Forced to lie to maintain favour with both families, Michelangelo is progressively tormented by suspicion and hallucinations, leading him to ruthlessly examine his own moral and artistic failings.
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09:20. Drama, Detective. USA 2019, 109 min. Directed by Bill Condon. Starring: Helen Mirren, Ian McKellen, Jim Carter, Russell Tovey, Phil Dunster. In English with Russian subtitles. Legendary British actors Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen on screen together for the first time in this exciting drama about secrets that people keep and the lies they live for years Roy, a professional con man, finds a new victim: the recently widowed Betty who has a fortune of millions. He is determined to take all that money for himself, but the closer he gets to Betty, the more he understands that she has her sights set on him, too. A simple, everyday game of deceit becomes a dangerous game in which the stakes are only getting higher.
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23:30. Drama, Biography, Crime. Italy, France, Germany, Brazil 2019, 135 min. Directed by Marco Bellocchio. Starring: Pierfrancesco Favino, Luigi Lo Cascio, Fausto Russo Alesi, Maria Fernanda Candido. In Italian with Russian subtitles. At the beginning of the 1980s, a war for the cocaine market breaks out between the Sicilian mafia bosses. One of the mafiosi, Tommaso Buscetta, tries to hide in Brazil. At the same time as the violence begins in his homeland, Buscetta is forced to observe from afar how his sons and brothers are being murdered in Palermo. He understands that he might be next. The Brazilian police arrest Buschetta and extradite him to Italy. The mafioso makes a decision that will change the mafia’s life for good: he meets with judge Giovanni Falcone and breaks the vow he gave to Cosa Nostra.
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