Stanislav Govorukhin, Russia, 2003 Starring Alexander Baluev, Irina Grineva, Irina Kupchenko, Inna Churikova, Alexander Mikhailov A provincial girl (Grineva) leaves with a visiting military man (Baluev) and meets him at the garrison on June 22, 1941. A melodrama about female fidelity against the backdrop of terrible historical events, for which director Govorukhin is inclined to blame Stalin and the entire leadership of the USSR at that time.

The Mumiy Troll group is releasing a long-awaited new album called “Book Thieves”. This is the soundtrack to the film of the same name. The main thing is that the new disc includes the notorious composition “Bear” from the video clip - perhaps the best composition by Ilya Lagutenko since the album “Caviar”. Among the rest of the disc, the songs “Golden Gate” and “Where am I?” are of interest. PAGE 80

Directed by K. Serebrennikov. Starring M. Neelova, Yu. Kolokolnikov, M. Razuvaev, V. Vetrov and others. One of the best female roles in the Moscow theater: Marina Neyolova grandiosely plays two roles at once in Kirill Serebrennikov’s production - a cocaine-addicted film star running away from old age and a prematurely aged bride. Tue 16 December, 19.00

The Gestalt Therapy Center “Here and Now” rents premises in the MATI building, next to the dining room. You can go to a meeting with a Gestalt therapist by the smell of bread cutlets - make no mistake. The head of the center, Elena Shuvarikova, told me about Gestalt therapy. The main principle of Gestalt therapy, according to Elena, is: “You are valuable, no matter what you are.” At the end of the course, the patient must learn to accept and love himself as he is.

Championship and championship of Moscow Ice Palace sports complex "Moskvich", Wed 10, Wed 17 December, 19.00, Sun 14, Sun 21 December, 10.00, free admission

© M. Guglermann The elections, if anyone doesn’t know, have already taken place: in early November, “Quartet I” played the premiere at the Zuev Palace of Culture, and, of course, their “ELECTION DAY” will be more fun than ours. They have a team of hacks promoting massage therapist Tsaplin, Tsaplin has already served one term, now he expects that for good behavior he will have his current term cut off, good behavior for Tsaplin is to restore the production of chapelniks in the region.

Everything that is capable of depicting, that is, everything in general, depicts something. And any image can be presented as art - thus, MAXIM KSUTA settled comfortably. Eyes of grief, refers to Leonardo: the ability to see non-random ones in random configurations (say, in a cloud - a dog, but rather a human face) is an artistic inclination.

Tabula Rasa "Cheboza". 23.00

Francois Ozon, France, 2003 Starring Charlotte Rampling, Ludivine Sagnier, Charles Dance, Jean-Marie Lamour (voiceover) A detective writer from London (Rampling), exhausted by writer's block, comes to relax in France at her publisher's country villa. Instead of peace, she is awaited by the invasion of the publisher’s impudent daughter (Sagnier), whom he forgot to mention. This is where the game begins, in which there is only one step from hostility to attraction, and from attraction to murder.

The eccentric, poor emigrant Carmen knows that the London dandy Barnaby, who is madly in love with her, is the dream of anyone in her position, but the ugly Brazilian Keith with his always-on portable video camera becomes her obsession.

Philippe Muil, France, 2002 Starring Michel Serrault, Claire Boiniche, Nad Dieu (subtitles) Opposites converge in a road movie about an old man and a girl: banality, but not without charm The old man (Serrault) lives locked up, communicates only with the concierge and collects butterflies.

good movie), makes you feel the time of year when the action takes place. You can watch this film in the middle of July and wrap yourself in an imaginary scarf, being sure that the pre-Christmas fever is raging outside the cinema doors, when TV stars and their fans collide in the same queues for gifts, and on the phone next to the numbers of business partners the numbers of seemingly forgotten friends and lovers begin to appear.

On December 13, on Stoleshnikov Lane, opposite the Cerruti store, former co-owner of OGI Dmitry Borisov is opening a Gogol club and glass bar. There will be a skating rink in front of the wine shop - the size of the one in the Hermitage Garden; skate rental is free. Several types of vodka and liqueurs will be poured: celery, horseradish, etc. Feed with cutlets, lula kebab and other dishes of the peoples of the former USSR.

Tea culture club Ai-Churek Oyun (Tuva). Shamanic rituals. 19.00 Tea yard INBI “Toke Cha”. Ethnic jazz. 20.00 School of Dramatic Art “Loiko”. Gypsy music. 20.00

“Women like this don’t really exist; such women are found only in English detective stories about aristocrats,” I thought when I met Vera Pavlovna. Then, seven years ago, Vera Pavlovna managed the Danata stock store on Nikitskiye Vorota, and then opened the Sunduchok store on Kutuzovsky, where until recently they sold a mix of items from old and new collections of Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan and Burbery.