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09:25. 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: A Midsummer Night's Dream |
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19:30. Bridge Theatre 2019, 184 min. Directed by Nicolas Hytner. Starring: Isis Hainsworth, Tessa Bonham Jones, Kit Young. In English. The theatre becomes the forest – a dream world of flying fairies, contagious fogs and moonlight revels. The seating is wrapped around the action while the immersive tickets allow the story to be followed on foot. Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones), Oliver Chris (Green Wing), David Moorst (Allelujah!) and Hammed Animashaun (The Festival) lead the cast as Titania, Oberon, Puck and Bottom. The production also re-unites the team responsible for last year’s smash-hit Julius Caesar. Direction is by Nicholas Hytner, design by Bunny Christie, costume by Christina Cunningham, lighting by Bruno Poet and sound by Paul Arditti. Joining the team will be composer Grant Olding, movement director Arlene Phillips, and associate movement director James Cousins.
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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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| Theatre HD Live in Cinema: Tristan und Isolde |
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The Metropolitan Opera 2016, 207 min (with two intermissions). Directed by Mariusz Trelinski. Starring: Nina Stemme, Ekaterina Gubanova, Stuart Skelton. In German. Tristan und Isolde opens the Met season in a new production by Mariusz Treliński (the director responsible for last season’s double bill of Iolanta and Bluebeard’s Castle), and will be well served by a cast of outstanding Wagnerians: Nina Stemme as Isolde, Stuart Skelton as Tristan, Ekaterina Gubanova as Brangäne, and René Papeas King Marke, with Sir Simon Rattle conducting, in one of his rare appearances at the Met. Co-production of the Metropolitan Opera, Festival Hall Baden-Baden, Teatr Wielki–Polish National Opera, and China National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) Beijing. Watch online here.
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23:40. 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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