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
In the comedy American Pie: Reunion, all the American Pie characters we met a little more than a decade ago are returning to East Great Falls for their high-school reunion. In one long-overdue weekend, they will discover what has changed, who hasn’t and that time and distance can’t break the bonds of friendship.
Queens native Josh Kovacs (Stiller) has managed one of the most luxurious and well-secured residences in New York City for more than a decade. Under his watchful eye, nothing goes undetected. In the swankiest unit atop Josh’s building, Wall Street titan Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda) is under house arrest after being caught stealing two billion from his investors. The hardest hit among those he defrauded? The tower staffers whose pensions he was entrusted to manage.
With only days before Arthur gets away with the perfect crime, Josh’s crew turns to petty crook Slide (Murphy) to plan the nearly impossible…to steal what they are sure is hidden in Arthur’s guarded condo. Though amateurs, these rookie thieves know the building better than anyone. Turns out they’ve been casing the place for years, they just didn’t know it.
Starring: Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Matthew Broderick, Téa Leoni, Gabourey Sidibe, Casey Affleck, Stephen Henderson, Judd Hirsch, Michael Peña and Alan Alda
Directed by: Brett Ratner
This is a romantic comedy set in Paris about a family that goes there because of business, and two young people who are engaged to be married in the fall have experiences there that change their lives. It’s about a young man's great love for a city, Paris, and the illusion people have that a life different from theirs would be much better. It stars Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Kathy Bates, and Carla Bruni among others.
Casting: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Michael Sheen, Marion Cotillard, Adrien Brody, Carla Bruni
Directed by: Woody Allen