Translated material
Breakfast for a tourist
Watch from July 26 on Moscow screens
“Hostel 2” (USA, 2007, Eli Roth). The continuation of one of the most powerful and distinct horror films of the 2000s, filmed under the direct protection of Quentin Tarantino himself, is a new round of the story about unfortunate tourists who went to Eastern Europe (to be precise, to a rather arbitrarily chosen Slovakia) for easily accessible pleasures, and as a result they found themselves victims of torturers who were willing to pay a lot of money to cut and kill. This time the focus is on a group of American girls - students of an art school; as for murder and carnage, it is in the same range. It’s hard to call this opus a success, but you still need to watch it - such is the paradox. Starring Lauren German, Bijou Philips, Roger Bart, Richard Burgi, Vera Jordanova and Stanislav Yanevsky.“Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind” (Japan, 1984, Hayao Miyazaki). A restored version of the classic cartoon by patriarch Miyazaki (Porco Rosso, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away) - an ecological fantasy about a young princess from the Valley of the Wind, who, according to an ancient prophecy, must save the earth's population from final extinction after natural resources have come to an end, and the planet is entangled in a poisonous forest, in which the creatures of chaos, Omu, rule the roost. But in the end it turns out that the Omu are not so bad after all. A film of astonishing beauty and invention, which at one time would have looked ideal at morning screenings in the Soviet-era Barrikady cinema, but even now looks excellent.
"Molière" (France, 2007, Laurent Tirard). A fantasy in the spirit of "Shakespeare in Love" - only this time about the author of "Tartuffe" and "The Bourgeois in the Nobility." In 1658, Jean-Baptiste Moliere (Romain Durys - "Spanish Flu", "Arsene Lupine", "Divorce") is about to be sent to prison for debt. Salvation comes in the person of a certain Mr. Jourdain (Fabrice Luchini - “Claire’s Knee”, “For Battle!”, A Frank Confession”), who hires Jean-Baptiste to write a play, and Moliere ends up in Jourdain’s house under the guise of a priest... Charming and a witty film that successfully participated in the competition of the last MIFF - the excellent artist Luchini received the prize for best actor. However, the incredible Laura Morante, who played Madame Jourdain, is no less worthy of prizes. Also starring Ludivine Sagnier, Edouard Baer, Philippe du Jeanerand, Fani Valet and Gonzaga Requillard.
“Life by surprise” (Russia, 2007, Alexander Brunkovsky). A drama with thriller elements about a girl (Alexandra Prokofieva), who became a participant in a well-promoted reality show and is therefore forced to solve serious moral problems, and at some point to seriously think about the safety of her own life, which is under the constant control of all-seeing people. cameras Also starring Natalya Nozdrina, Maria Yakovleva, Markus Kunze, Sergei Batalov and Vsevolod Shilovsky.
“10 Steps to Success” (USA, 2007, Brad Sieberling). A moralizing tragicomedy about a Hollywood superstar actor (Morgan Freeman - “The Shawshank Redemption”, “Kiss the Girls”, “Evan Almighty”), who, due to getting used to a new role, finds himself in the unusual and surprising (for him) world of ordinary people. In order to survive in everyday life, he has to seek help from an ordinary saleswoman from a supermarket (Paz Vega - “Lucia and Sex”, “Talk to Her”, “Carmen”) and fully experience the truth of the aphorism that has become an advertising slogan movie: "You are who you date." Also starring Jonah Hill, Alexandra Berardi, Bobby Cannavale, Jennifer Echols and Ski Carr.
“Cheerful and tanned” (France, 2006, Patrice Leconte). The third part of the cult series in France about “tanned people” (it started in 1978). Quite elderly, but not lost in spirit, the heroes, among whom are a plastic surgeon who has lost his practice, and a permanently unfaithful husband, and a depressed wig salesman, and a lady who loves to drink a bottle, meet at a luxurious Italian resort and plunge headlong into the abyss of the most incredible (at least for those who have never gone on vacation or watched the corresponding beach comedies) adventures. Starring Michel Blanc, Josiane Balasko, Marie-Anne Chazelle, Beptier Chierisy, Christian Clavier, Thierry Lhermitte and Caterina Murillo.
“Falling into Heaven” (Russia, 2006, Natalya Mitroshina). Fantasy on the theme of the works of Daniil Kharms, primarily the textbook “Cases,” as well as diaries, letters, poems and plays. At one time, Oleg Kovalov did something similar in his “Concert for a Rat,” but then, in the early 90s, it looked much more fresh and timely. Starring Alexander Rachmaninov, Boris Kazakov, Leonid Solovyov, Margarita Borisova, Mikhail Burlakov and Alexander Kuznetsov.