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“Savages” (Russia, 2006, Viktor Shamirov). A tragicomedy about the morals of the inhabitants of a tent city in the vicinity of the Crimean wild beaches - fans of free love, supporters of unbridled libations and true professionals of cultural recreation. Superimposed on the accurately captured pictures of a way of spending summer leisure familiar to many and the abundance of nudist nudity are very nicely depicted relationships between always preoccupied with something, almost middle-aged romantics. Starring Gosha Kutsenko, Marat Basharov, Vladislav Galkin, Igor Vernik, Vyacheslav Razbegaev, Natalya Dufres, Daria Semenova, Irina Novak and Alexey Gorbunov.“Don’t swear” (France, 2006, Eric Sivanyan). A typical French costume comedy from the middle of the last century. The playmaker Valentin (Gerard Dujardin - “The Wedding”, “Brice the Magnificent”, “Agent 117”) is completely satisfied with his life and, despite the persuasion of his uncle (Gérard Junio - “The Great Race”, “Car Keys”, “ Choristers"), flatly refuses to marry the Baroness (Melanie Doty, Cesar nomination for best debut of the year). And, in order to prove that she is the same as everyone else and is not worth love, he tries to seduce her. But that was not the case. Also starring Marie-France Santon, Patrick Hoedecker and Arnaud Chevier.
“Island” (Russia, 2006, Pavel Lungin). The film that closed the last film festival in Venice was a “film-life” (as the director himself calls it) about an unusual saint, or just a holy fool (Peter Mamonov), living in a monastery on a distant island and trying with his whole life to atone for a long-standing mortal sin. Despite the well-known skepticism that memories of Lungin’s previous film “Poor Relatives” may generate, the new film looks very impressive, and not only because of the actually outstanding acting work. Also starring Viktor Sukhorukov, Dmitry Dyuzhev, Victoria Isakova, Yuri Kuznetsov and Nina Usatova.
“Balkan Boy” (Macedonia, 2004, Svetozar Ristovski). The film is precisely about a Balkan boy (although the original title of the film is “Illusion”) from a dysfunctional family, who is forced to choose his own life guidelines and rushes between a terrorist hiding in the basement and a weak-willed literature teacher who promises him a trip to Paris. The film competed at the Tokyo Film Festival and also won the top prize at the Anchorage Film Festival. Starring Vlado Jovanovski, Marko Kavacevich, Jordanko Cevrevski, Jelena Mosevska, Slavica Manaskova and Mustafa Nadarevich.
“Horns and Hooves” (Germany - USA, 2006, Steve Oedekerk). A cartoon about what the inhabitants of a farm actually do when their owners don’t see them. Another portion of three-dimensional animation with talking animals, which, frankly speaking, has recently become tired of not only the most hopeless of the moviegoers who have fallen into childhood, but also the younger generation itself. In this case, only the name of the director inspires optimism - at one time it was Oedekerk who was responsible for the second series of “Ace Ventura” and the very funny film “Kung Pu: Get Punched.”
“Welcome or No Neighbors Allowed” (USA, 2006, John Whitesell). A somewhat hasty Christmas comedy about two families from a small American town who, on the eve of the bright holiday, entered into a desperate confrontation: who will be richer and more inventive in decorating their house with illuminations and other tinsel. But the spirit of Christmas still triumphs in the end, and there is no doubt about the conciliatory happy ending. Starring Danny Devito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis, Kristin Chenoweth and Alia Shawcat.
“Flash.ka” (Russia, 2006, Georgy Shengelia). An action-packed film about a man (Ilya Shakunov - “The Body Will Be Interred,” “Ice,” Blues of Falling Leaves”) who, by force of circumstances, appropriated a flash card on which information worth hundreds of millions of dollars was stored. Also starring Ekaterina Guseva, Evgeny Stychkin and Andrey Tashkov.
“The Out of Place Person” (Norway-Iceland, 2006, Jens Lien). A very remarkable (noted in Cannes and at the presentation of the national Norwegian film award "Amanda"), almost in the spirit of Lynch, a film about a man who wakes up without memory in a seemingly ideal city, hired for a good job, married, but constantly aware of what is around him. something is seriously wrong. Starring Trond Fausa Aurvaag, Petronella Barker, Per Schaaning, Birgitte Larsen, Johannes Joner and Ellen Horn.