He is a clerk, she – a museum employee. He has come to a small provincial town to help the district governor seize the museum’s land in order to build a new residence. But his meeting with Her changes not just his opinion on the situation, but his entire viewpoint on life...
Cast: Федор Бондарчук, Ксения Раппопорт, Ирина Розанова и др..
Directed by: Авдотья Смирнова
This story is about a love between a journalist.. and a Yeti. Six months ago, somewhere in the Ural taiga, TV journalist Larisa Debomonova disappears. No one knows where she has gone. But let’s watch this hour-and-a-half film to the end. We might be able to detect some tracks...
Cast: Александр Стриженов, Екатерина Вилкова, Кристина Бабушкина, Павел Деревянко, Юрий Колокольников
Directed by: Григорий Константинопольский
There is no theatre-goer who would refuse to go backstage. Rehearsals and creative talks in the wings, parties and intrigues, flirts and tears, success and failure… This is what Viktor Shamirov’s comedy is about. Ironically and skilfully the film tells about the life of a touring company of actors – that life which is hard and cruel, mysterious and attractive, ridiculous and tragic. A small group of Moscow actors goes on tour to several large Russian cities. The circumstances, events and motifs of the heroes are largely borrowed from real events which happened in the lives of the authors.
Cast: Viktor Shamirov, Gosha Kutsenko, Konstantin Yushkevich, Pavel Savinkov, Ksenia Radchenko
Directed by: Viktor Shamirov
Black and white 1960s style. Zhuzha likes the twist and Gerard Philippe movies. Petya plays the dulcimer and loves his Moskvich with the engine of a Zaporozhets. The third person doesn’t like talking about himself, and in his presence everyone else should shut up too...
The film Indifference was created as a declaration of love. Filming began in 1989, but it could not be completed, and the director returned to the material 20 years later.
Cast: Fyodor Bondarchuk, Aleksandr Bashirov, Olga Shorina, Sergey Bragin, Artem Prokin, Alexei Taratorin, Yuri Pavlov, Alexander Sazonov, Andrey Abramov, Andrey Romanov, Dmitri Nezhvedski, Inna Vikhodtseva, Nikolay Kokhturev, Elizaveta Buzdakova, Vera Panfilova, Aleksey Kozin, Oksana Litvinova, Yulia Sokolova
Directed by: Oleg Flyangolts
The legendary Shamahanskaya Queen, who has driven many kings and mere mortals mad, has her eye on the king of Kiev. He falls ill with a strange affection for her. But in order to deliver this wonder-goddess safe and sound to Kiev, three strongmen receive an urgent call on their vacation: Alyosha Popovich, Dobrynya Nikitich and Ilya of Murom. Now they have to decide what to do - all kinds of gossip are circulating about the Shamahanskaya Queen, but they are sorry for the king too.
Cast: Dmitri Bykhovski, Valeri Solovyev, Oleg Kulikovich, Sergey Makovetskiy, Anna Geller, Konstantin Bronzit etc.
Directed by: Sergei Glezin
Habemus Papam is a traditional announcement in Latin, meaning “We Have a Pope!” The conclave of cardinals has spent several days in isolation, considering the candidates. The crowd of people in the St. Peter’s Square has also been waiting patiently. Everyone’s attention is suspended in tension until the moment the new pope appears on the balcony and greets all the believers. However, an unexpected problem occurs as the new pope has a panic attack. A famous psychoanalyst, an atheist, is called to help.
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Nanni Moretti, Jerzy Stuhr, Renato Scarpa
Directed by: Nanni Moretti
This witty romantic comedy proves that not everything in this genre has to be shallow and cheap. The story involves a husband, Gabriel, and his wife, Gabriela, who, tired of their twenty years of marriage, yield to the temptation of online dating. Despite their seeming mutual alienation, the slightest nod now stirs up the passion. Moreover, their teenage son has taken a fancy to a future work in the porn industry. It is possible they will be able to satisfy their cravings, however – by what means and through which people – remains a mystery.
Cast: Dana Voicu, Ionel Mihailescu, Paul Diaconescu, Jordi Garcia, Ana Popescu, Ioan Andrei Ionescu
Directed by: Alexandru Maftei
No matter if you’re a punk, a pensioner, a family man, a nudist, or an umbrella salesman! No matter how you get there – a thumb ride, rev up your convertible so that the breeze riffles your hair, or slam your foot on the gas in a bubble car – it’s time to head for the Atlantic Ocean! A colourful and delightfully humouresque film, a sort of homage to Jacques Tati’s Mr. Hulot’s Holiday and also inspired by Blake Edwards, Aki Kaurismäki, and Jacques Demy, Holidays by the Sea aims for an almost dialogue-less burlesque comedy.
Cast: Jacques Gamblin, Maria de Medeiros, François Damiens, François Morel, Dominique Pinon
Directed by: Pascal Rabate
Every morning, François, a bailiff, bids goodbye to his wife and begins the unpleasant task of evictions. However this morning, September 11th, the usual course of events is upset when, having arrived at one of the apartments, he coincidentally falls hostage to its tenants. In a wink of an eye the neighbourhood is surrounded by the usual crowd – François wife, a committed negotiator, police, snipers, and reporters. Little by little the local residents become annoyed by the irritating presence of the mob, and the captors realize there is a rather strange but possibly one chance to escape.
Cast: Hippolyte Girardot, Mohamed Fellag, Aymen Saïdi, Michel Vuillermoz
Directed by: Angelo Cianci
A young Dutch woman wanders through the rainy Irish landscape, as if forming a conspirational partnership with the austere nature. However, the duo is interrupted by the third – a man in his prime, leading a lonely existence on a beautiful island, ostensibly driven by his stubbornness. They make a deal: she will work for him only for a share of food, he will not ask any questions. Only work, nothing personal. However, as time goes by, both are stirred by natural curiosity, shattering the monotony of the everyday routine. Who will be the first to break the promise to keep the relationship free of anything personal?
Cast: Lote Verbeek, Stephen Rea
Directed by: Urszula Antoniak
After 25 years of working at the Cinemateca Uruguaya film archive, Jorge (real-life Uruguayan critic Jorge Jellinek), still finds inspiration in caring for the films and audiences that grace the seats and screen of his beloved arthouse cinema. But when dwindling attendance and diminishing support force the theater to close its doors, Jorge, who has never worked anywhere else except in film, loses his job. Once faced with unemployment, the line between reality and fantasy becomes blurred.
Cast: Jorge Jellinek, Manuel Martínez Carril, Paola Venditto
Directed by: Federico Veiro
Legend has it that director Raoul Ruiz once asked Marcello Mastroianni, which role he would like to play, and the actor responded – a professor, a tramp and a servant. But the film "Three Lives and Only One Death" is not that simple as the initial impression of three separate stories disappears when the previous story characters randomly start to appear in the next story. Raoul Ruiz with distinguishing ease merges the stories and Marcello Mastroianni in his penultimate role performs magnificently.
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Galiena, Marisa Paredes
Directed by: Raoul Ruiz