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| A Holy Venetian Family (Leoni) |
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19:15. Comedy. Italy 2015, 90 min. Directed by Pietro Parolin. Starring: Neri Marcore`, Stefano Pesce, Piera Degli Espositi, Anna Dalton, Antonio Pennarella. In Italian with Russian subtitles. Gualtiero, a wealthy “papa’s boy,” didn’t inherit his father’s entrepreneurial traits, and because of the financial crisis declared bankruptcy, after spending all the family’s wealth. Now he has to go for the most unbelievable plots in order to maintain his previous standard of living. The clever young man gets the idea to pioneer the manufacture of crucifixes made entirely of recycled plastic. But where can he get the plastic? The hero’s many relatives, friends, and unwanted acquaintances only make his life more complicated. “A Holy Venetian Family” is an assemblage of stories about the layabout Gualtiero, told with a true Venetian sense of humor by writer and director Pietro Parolin.
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12:10. Comedy. Italy 2018, 102 min. Directed by Francesco Micciche. Starring: Sergio Castellitto, Sabrina Ferilli, Valeria Fabrizi, Matilde Gioli. In Italian with Russian subtitles. The carpenter Sergio and the former singer Sabrina are a pair of lovers who are very much in love but unable to leave their companions because of the economic hardships in which they live. Everything seems to change when Sergio's colleagues take revenge for his jokes, making him believe that he won 3 million euros in the lottery. Convinced that he has become rich, Sergio decides to abandon his old life bringing with him not only Sabrina, but also their relatives. When Sergio and Sabrina discover that there is no winnings, they decide not to reveal it to anyone and drag their families on a journey from the Roman outskirts to Puglia. But the truth always comes to the surface and the tensions between such different characters are destined to explode.
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14:50. Romance, Comedy. Australia, USA, UK 2020, 104 min. Directed by Ben Lewin. Starring: Danielle Macdonald, Joanna Lumley, Hugh Skinner, Shazad Latif, Gary Lewis. In English with Russian subtitles. A brilliant young fund manager leaves her unfulfilling job and long-term boyfriend to chase her lifelong dream of becoming an opera singer in the Scottish Highlands.
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16:40. Drama. Denmark, Germany, France, Belgium, UK 2013, 123 min. Directed by Lars von Trier. Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Willem Dafoe, Mia Goth, Michael Pas, Jean-Marc Barr. In English with Russian subtitles. In a cold winter morning, an elderly bachelor Seligman came across an unfamiliar semiconscious woman who had been violently beaten. After taking her home and examining the stranger’s wounds he learned that her name was Joe. Joe happened to be a nymphomaniac, and she decided to tell Seligman the story of her life. The story took all night, which turned to become a journey to the end of the night.
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09:40. Drama, Detective, Romance. Italy, France, UK 1995, 118 min. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. Starring: Liv Tyler, Carlo Cecchi, Jeremy Irons, Jason Flemyng, Sinead Cusack. In English with Russian subtitles. After her mother commits suicide, a young woman travels to Italy in search of love, truth and a deeper connection with herself.
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