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Watch from February 21 on Moscow screens
“We are from the future” (Russia, 2008, Andrey Malyukov) . An adventure drama, the plot of which was, in essence, on the surface, but for some reason no one had thought of it yet: four “black trackers”-diggers, collecting historical and firearms artifacts from the battlefields of the Second World War, find themselves as a result of a temporary displacement in the very real year of 1942 - in the area of fierce fighting. Starring Danila Kozlovsky, Vladimir Yaglych, Ekaterina Klimova, Dmitry Volkostrelov, Andrey Terentyev, Daniil Strakhov, Boris Galkin and Sergei Makhovikov."Lost in Beijing" (China, 2007, Li Yu).
A drama about the complex relationships between representatives of modern Chinese society (represented by a nouveau riche businessman, a masseuse from the Foot Massage Palace and her husband, a window cleaner), which included rape at a corporate party, excessive consumption of strong drinks, unplanned pregnancy, blackmail and others "joys" of everyday life. Addressing all of these themes resulted in the film (which was in competition at the Berlin Film Festival and won a screenplay prize at New York's Tribeca Film Festival) being banned in China, and its producers are now barred from making film projects in their homeland for the next two years. years. Starring Bingbing Fan, Jin Yilain, Tony Leung Ka Fai and Tong Dawei.
“Grandma-Ezhka and others” (Russia, 2006, Valery Ugarov). A cartoon by a recently deceased director, who 30 years ago directed the famous “Box with a Secret” to the music of Vladimir Martynov and started the cartoon collection “Merry Carousel.” The film is about how the functions of educators for a little girl who found herself in a dense forest were taken over by representatives of evil spirits from Russian folklore - Baba Yaga, Leshy, Vodyanoy, Kikimora, Koschey and other characters of the same ilk. If you believe the creators of the film, then it is “one of the significant projects in modern cinema, designed to revive the interest of a wide audience in Russian history and culture, a bright and colorful film made in the best traditions of hand-drawn domestic animation.” The roles were voiced by Alexander Pozharov, Tatyana Bondarenko, Alexey Kolgan, Anna Orel, Mikhail Kokshenov and Armen Dzhigarkhanyan.
“The Eye” (USA, 2007, David Moreau and Xavier Palud).
A remake of the Pang Brothers' Thai horror film directed by two up-and-coming Frenchmen. After a cornea transplant from a dead girl, young lady Sydney (Jessica Alba) begins to see a little more than she should - ghosts appear before her new gaze every now and then. It seems that we will now watch any Asian horror at least twice (or even four times, as in the case of The Grudge), but this, in essence, has its own dubious charm. Also starring Parker Posey, Alessandro Nivola, Raje Serbedzia, Rachel Ticotin, Tamlyn Tomita and Chloe Moritz.
“Green Theater in Zemfira” (Russia, 2007, Renata Litvinova) . In full accordance with the title turned inside out - Zemfira's concert at the Green Theater.
“Meet the Spartans” (USA, 2008, Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer).
Another portion of pseudo-parody nasty things from the creators of “Movie Date” and “Very Epic Movie”: this time the objects of mockery are “300”, “Transformers”, “Rocky Balboa”, “Ghost Rider”, “Little Miss Sunshine”, and others “Shrek” "and "Spider-Man" and other blockbusters. Wash your hands before the movie! Starring Sean McGuire, Carmen Electra, Ken Davitian, Kevin Sorbo, Method Man, Hunter Clary and Dean Cochran.
“Translator” (Russia, 2006, Elena Khazanova). The main thing is not to confuse this film with the film of the same name by the same Sydney Pollack with Nicole Kidman (however, no matter how hard you want to confuse them, it will not work). The girl Irina (Yulia Batinova) lives in Geneva from a young age and one day accepts an offer from a family friend to work as a translator for the oligarch Tashkov (Alexander Baluev), who is in a local prison on charges of corruption... A very strange movie of an unspecified genre (and , in all honesty, it was completely incomprehensible why it was filmed), which dates back to the year before last, but until the very last moment it was corrected and remade and is finally presented to the most respectable public. Also starring Sergei Garmash, Bruno Todeschini, Elena Safonova, Nina Ruslanova, Vsevolod Shilovsky and Alexander Adabashyan.
“The Beauty and the Ugly” (USA, 2008, Tom Putnam). A pathologically nasty (at times nauseating) “comedy” about a young fool (Christine Lycane) who meets his childhood love (Paris Hilton), but can only win her favor when he arranges the love life of her ugly best friend (Joel Moore). The jokes are mostly about tooth decay, warts, cellulite and ingrown toenails. Here you don’t just need to wash your hands, but undergo total disinfection. Compared to Mr. Putnam, the Farrelly brothers look, God forgive me, almost like Krzysztof Kieślowski. Also starring Adam Kulbersh, Greg Wilson, Johan Urb and Catherine Fiore.
“Border” (France, 2007, Xavier Gens). A brutal horror film created under the protectorate of Luc Besson, a group of robbers hiding from justice ends up in an abandoned factory that has become a haven for a group of sadistic cannibals. In general, the French could not do without their own “Hostel”. But what’s happening on the screen, to be honest, is impressive. Starring Karina Testa, Samuel Le Bien, Estelle Lefébourg, Patrick Legare and David Sarasino.