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23:50. 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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09:15. 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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00:10. 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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| Theatre HD Live in Cinema: Madama Butterfly |
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15:00. Opera by Giacomo Puccini. USA 2019, 191 min (with two intermissions). Directed by Anthony Minghella. Cast: Pier Giorgio Morandi, Christine Goerke, Bruce Sledge. In Italian with Russian subtitles. Hui He stars as Cio-Cio-San, the devoted geisha who gives everything for the American naval officer Pinkerton, sung by Andrea Carè. Elizabeth DeShong is her devoted companion Suzuki, and Plácido Domingo adds another role to his remarkable repertoire, singing Sharpless for the first time. Pier Giorgio Morandi conducts Anthony Minghella’s beautiful, atmospheric production.
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