Translated material
Cinema is not potatoes
Watch from March 8 on Moscow screens
“Love-Carrot” (Russia, 2007, Alexander Strizhenov). A comedy based on a plot as old as the world (“Heavenly Punishment”, “It’s Not Harmful to Dream”, everywhere else) about an outwardly quite successful, but experiencing a serious crisis, a married couple (Gosha Kutsenko and Kristina Orbakaite), who switched bodies in a way unknown to science. Also starring Evgeny Stychkin, Olga Orlova, Mikhail Kozakov, Daria Drozdovskaya, Ekaterina Strizhenova, Andrey Krasko and Valdis Pelsh.“Taxi 4” (France, 2007, Gerard Krawczyk). The fourth episode of a police-comedy saga about the adventures of a hapless policeman (Frederic Diefenthal) and the most reckless and fastest taxi driver in Paris (Semi Naceri) in the service of protecting French legality, which seems to have pretty tired even the French themselves. This time - apparently out of despair - the action is moved to the Cote d'Azur, and the main character is the completely frostbitten police chief Commissioner Gilbert (Bernard Farcy). Also starring Emma Sjober, Edouard Montooth and Jean-Christophe Bouvet).
“The Tricks of Norbit” (USA, 2007, Brian Robbins). Now doing well in the American box office, but a rather unpleasant romantic-physiological comedy about the goner Norbit (Eddie Murphy), who at one time carelessly married a creepy woman (Eddie Murphy) and only years later met the girl of his true dreams (Thandie Newton). As in The Nutty Professors, the main humor here lies in the way Murphy shakes fake folds of fat on the screen - a spectacle, honestly, for everyone. Also starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Andy Griffin, Clifton Powell, Anthony Russell, The Mighty Rasta and Marlon Wayans.
“Valley of Flowers” (India - France - Japan - Germany, 2006, Pan Nalin). A parable about love and immortality, inspired by Himalayan legends and continuing from the end of the century before last to the present day. As befits a fantasy of this kind, it cannot be retold, but it looks interesting. Starring Mylene Jampanois, Naseeruddin Shah, Milind Soman, Eri and Reina Haara. Only at Titanic Cinema.
“The New Adventures of Cinderella” (USA, 2007, Paul J. Bolger). A three-dimensional cartoon that dissects classic fairy-tale plots in what has already become traditional (“Shrek”, “The True Story of Red Riding Hood”), if not the now commonplace, postmodernist manner: the ruler of a magical land goes on vacation and leaves his would-be assistants to keep an eye on everything. so that all fairy tales end happily and as expected. Of course, everything immediately gets confused and goes awry.
"Breaking News" (Hong Kong, 2004, Johnnie To). Not the newest, but few of us have seen the film - winner of many Asian and international film awards from the Hong Kong classic To ("Explain the Inexplicable", "A Good Man Has No Place to Go", "Election"); An excellent police thriller about the confrontation between a special forces squad and a gang of robbers on live television. Starring Richie Ren, Kelly Chen Rick Chun, Hsiu-Fai Chun, Shu Hong Hui and Simon Yam. Only in “Five Stars on Novokuznetskaya” and “Fitil”.
“A Scandalous Diary” (UK, 2006, Richard Eyre). A chamber drama based on the novel by Zu Heller about the tragic consequences of a relationship between a schoolteacher (Cate Blanchett) and her underage student. The film received the Berlin festival's gay Teddy award and was nominated for four Oscars, including for the score of Philip Glass and best actress, respectively, in the first and supporting roles. Also starring Judi Dench, Tom Georgeson, Joanna Scanlan, Sean Park and Emma Kennedy. Only in "35 MM".
“Ex-lover” (USA, 2007, Jeffrey Peretz). Slacker Tom (Zach Braff), against his will, is forced to take a job, where among the employees, to his displeasure, is discovered the former lover of his own wife (Amanda Pitt) - a certain Chip (Jason Bateman), a rather unpleasant guy, and in addition also semi-paralyzed , so it’s simply not politically correct to fight fairly with him. A mixture of melodrama and black comedy in the spirit of the Farrelly brothers - however, much less successful. Also starring Mia Farrow, Charles Grodin and Ian Hyland.