GUIDE CURATED... · 2019. 10. 24. · irector Aleksey idorov tars Aleander etrov iktor obronravov rina tarshenbaum intsents ifer Ticket link httpsbit.lyyvQ istory. omey The umorist

G U I D E

THIS IS A CURATED GUIDE

NOT THE WHOLE PROGRAMME

24 Nov - 1 Dec 2019

Family

Abigail + Q&A

Magician + Q&A

The Regent Street Cinema, 1 Dec, 12 pm

The Regent Street Cinema, 30 Nov, 1.30 pm

1 h 50 min | Fantasy

The town that Abigail lives in has been closed for years due to a

mysterious epidemic. Abigail’s journey in search of her father will

completely overturn everything she thought she knew about magic,

herself and the world surrounding her.

Director: Alexander Boguslavsky

Stars: Tinatin Dalakishvili, Eddie Marsan, Artem Tkachenko,

Ravshana Kurkova, Marta Timofeeva

Ticket link: https://bit.ly/33Nyv1Q

1 h 27 min | Comedy, Drama

Once popular rock-musician Fima drags pitiful existence. Everything

changes when he begins to give guitar lessons to the boy Roma

who has cerebral palsy.

Director: Mikhail Morskov

Stars: Maksim Sukhanov, Semen Treskunov, Irina Kupchenko


My Little SisterThe Regent Street Cinema, 30 Nov, 6.30 pm

1 h 34 min I Drama, History

The film is a screen adaptation of the never-ageing classics of

Soviet literature, the novel “The Joy of Our House” by Mustai Karim.

As long as Yamil can remember himself, the War has always been

here. Yamil is waiting for the War to be over so his father would

return home. He is asked to take care of the little girl Oksana as of

his sister.

Director: Aleksandr Galibin

Stars: Arslan Krymchurin, Marta Timofeeva


Documentary

Kamchatka Bears. Life Begins

Sorokin Trip + Q&A

Women’s Day + Q&A

Cine Lumiere, 28 Nov, 6.30 pm

Curzon Mayfair, 30 Nov, 3 pm

The Regent Street Cinema, 26 Nov, 9 pm

55 min I Documentary

The film is meditative. Music, the sounds of nature and the absence

of a human voice allow the viewer to plunge into the beauty of

wild nature and simultaneously experience an important boundary,

beyond which a person should not interfere. The film shows the

world of nature that lives in line with its laws — one that is friendly to

those who enter it with respect and an open heart.

Director: Irina Zhuravleva


1 h 30 min I Documentary, Biography

During the Soviet era Vladimir Sorokin blew up the traditions

of Russian literature turning it into the cruel and subversive

phantasmagorias. During Putin’s first term he was the target of

attacks by right-wing organisations. Now Sorokin is often perceived

as a prophet who predicted features of modern Russia.

Authors: Anton Zhelnov, Yuri Saprykin

Director: Ilya Belov


1 h 24 min I Documentary, History

Astonishing stories by women from the USSR who reveal their lives

from the 1917 revolution to the present day. Intimate, surprising,

funny, eccentric, painful and contradictory - this is the unknown

history of Russian feminism.

Director: Dolya Gavanski

Stars: Svetlana Alexievich, Natalya Kaspersky, Elena Krygina,

Dina Grigoreva


The Conquest Of Siberia + Q&A

Convoy 48 + Q&A

Т-34 + Q&A

Curzon Mayfair, 25 Nov, 8.50 pm



1h 48 min I Drama, History

Ivan Demarin is a young officer of the Imperial Guard during the rule

of Peter the Great. He follows the Tsar’s order and goes to Tobolsk,

the frontier town located deep in Siberian forests.

Director: Igor Zaytsev

Stars: Ilya Malanin, Dmitriy Dyuzhev, Dmitriy Nazarov, Pavel Tabakov



Based on a true story the film is about several young women in

the setting of one of the most large-scale and vital battles of the

Second World War – the defence of Leningrad.

Director: Fedor Popov

Stars: Igor Yasulovich, Artyom Melnichuk, Anastasia Tsibizova



In the times of the greatest catastrophes in the history of humanity,

when lives of loved ones depend on every step of an action, two

sworn enemies will meet in a battle. Being hold as a prisoner,

young lieutenant Ivushkin is planning a daring escape. He

assembles a crew and challenges the German tank aces led by

Jager.

Director: Aleksey Sidorov

Stars: Alexander Petrov, Viktor Dobronravov, Irina Starshenbaum,

Vintsents Kifer


History

Comedy

The Humorist + Q&A

Another Woman

The Peasant + Q&A



Odeon Luxe Leicester Square, 24 Nov, 6 pm

1 h 40 min I Comedy, Drama

The Humorist is a film about a week in the life of Boris Arkadiev, a

fictional Soviet stand-up comedian. Boris is tormented not only by

external oppression and censorship but also by his own insecurities

that poison all his relationships.

Director: Michael Idov

Stars: Yuriy Kolokolnikov, Aleksey Agranovich, Alisa Khazanova,

Polina Aug


1 h 32 min I Comedy, Romance

Masha, a gynaecology doctor, is so absorbed in her work that she

doesn’t immediately realise that her husband is about to leave her.

Masha won’t stop at anything to get him back.

Director: Anna Parmas

Stars: Anna Mikhalkova, Anton Filipenko


Opening premiere, 1 h 30 min I Comedy

A typical representative of the “golden youth” Grisha brings his rich

father to the brink of despair, who sends him to be re-educated

in an unusual village where he is forced to live according to the

peasant traditions of the 19th century.

Director: Klim Shipenko

Stars: Milos Bikovic, Aleksandra Bortich, Ivan Okhlobystin,

Aleksandr Samoylenko, Mariya Mironova


Romance and drama

High Above + Q&A

Love Them All + Q&A

The End Of Season + Q&A



The BFI, 01 Dec, 6.30 pm

1 h 44 min I Drama, Romance

A young girl spends her summer in a countryside resort under the

strict supervision of her mother. A young guy with a secret past

draws her attention. The girl does not foresee that her life will

change forever after meeting him, and her feelings will lift her high

above.

Director: Oksana Karas

Stars: Taisia Vilkova, Polina Vitorgan, Viktoria Tolstoganova, Filipp

Avdeev, Daria Jovner, Aleksey Agranovich


1 h 42 min I Thriller, Romance

She always has a plan, an individual plan for each man. They

always pay, either to be with her or to get rid of her. But who can

distinguish between the deceit driven by money and the moment

genuine feelings begin?

Director: Maria Agranovich

Stars: Alena Mikhailova, Sergei Garmash, Alexander Kuznetsov,

Alexander Tronov


Closing premiere, 1h 35 min I Romance, Drama

The film tells a story of three sisters, daughters of a Soviet general.

They live in Baltic provincial city but dream to move back to Russia.

However, the fate has its own plans about the sisters.

Director: Konstantin Khudyakov

Stars: Yuliya Peresild, Yulia Snigir, Anna Chipovskaya,

Evgeniy Tsyganov


Action

The Balkan Line + Q&A

The Factory + Q&A

Brotherhood

Curzon Mayfair, 26 Nov, 8.15 pm

Curzon Mayfair, Nov 27, 8.50 pm


2 h 31 min I Action, Drama, Thriller

Yugoslavia, 1999. The Russian task force receives an order to take

control of the Slatina airport in Kosovo and hold it until the arrival of

the reinforcements.

Director: Andrey Volgin

Stars: Anton Pampushny, Gosha Kutsenko, Milos Bikovic, Milena

Radulovic, Ravshana Kurkova


1 h 49 min I Action, Drama

When owner Kalugin, a well-connected local oligarch, announces

that his factory is bankrupt, a group of workers who haven’t been

paid for months kidnap him for ransom.

Director: Yury Bykov

Stars: Denis Shvedov, Vladislav Abashine, Andrey Smolyakov,

Alexander Bukharov


1 h 53 min I Action, History

The end of the Soviet-Afghan war: 1988-1989. Based on actual

events, the previously untold story of the courageous and tragic

withdrawal campaign (through the Salang pass) reveals danger,

horror and complexity of human nature during wartime.

Director: Pavel Lungin

Stars: Mikhail Kremer, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Kirill Pirogov,

Yan Tsapnik


Break + Q&AThe Regent Street Cinema, 25 Nov, 6 pm

1 h 25 min I Action, Thriller

A group of friends goes up to the top of a mountain in a cable car

on a New Year’s Eve. Their adventure turns into a real nightmare

when, in the middle of the celebration, the rickety carriage gets

stuck over the abyss.

Director: Tigran Sahakyan

Stars: Ingrid Olerinskaya, Denis Kosyakov, Irina Antonenko, Mikhail

Filippov, Andrei Nazimov


In The Port Of Cape Town + Q&A Bulgari Hotel, 1 Dec, 2.30 pm

1 h 47 min | Action, Thriller

Three of them met only once in the Far East of Russia in 1945. Each

of the participants is sure that he killed the other two. More than half

a century will pass, and one day, events related to that fateful 1945

meeting, will occur in the different parts of the Earth.

Director: Alexander Veledinsky

Stars: Evgeniy Tkachuk, Vladimir Steklov, Alexander Robak,

Yuri Kuznetsov, Svetlana Khomich


Tekst + Q&ABulgari Hotel, 29 Nov, 7.30 pm

VIP screening, 2 h 12 min I Thriller

A 27-year-old Ilya Goryunov spent seven years in prison on false

charges of drug trafficking. Although he does not intend to take

revenge on the man who framed him, there is no other way out.

Director: Klim Shipenko

Stars: Alexander Petrov, Kristina Asmus, Dmitriy Glukhovskiy,

Pavel Golubev, Ivan Yankovskiy


Music lovers

Yura The Musician

Sabre Dance



1 h 27 min I Documentary, Biography

The film is about the legend of Russian rock Yuri Shevchuk and the

DDT group. Eleven years of filming, dozens of cities: from Ufa to St.

Petersburg, from Tallinn to Karaganda. The film contains fragments

of the DDT concert performances and Shevchuk’s thoughts about

life and «what will happen to the Motherland and us».

Director: Pavel Selin

Stars: The DDT group, Yuri Shevchuk


1 h 33 min I Biography, Drama, History

The cold autumn of 1942. Khachaturian writes his the most

performed creation “Sabre Dance” while living in evacuation with

Kirov theatre in Perm. Plays, performances in hospitals, defense

factories and endless rehearsals are combined with the final efforts

to create Gayane ballet and the 2nd Symphony.

Director: Yusup Razykov

Stars: Abartsum Kabanyan, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Sergey Yushkevic


The Battle + Q&AThe Regent Street Cinema, 27 Nov, 9 pm

1 h 25 min I Drama

A street dancer Anton is making a remarkable career: his team wins

all the battles, he is a recognised choreographer, and all his future

depends on dance. However, an accident destroys all his plans.

Director: Anar Abbasov

Stars: Rinal Mukhametov, Ekaterina Kukui, Anna Isaeva,

Ilya Antonenko


Arthouse lovers

Through A Black Glass + Q&A

Sheena667 + Q&A

The Kettle + Q&A

Curzon Mayfair, 1 Dec, 8 pm



2 h 19 min I Thriller, Drama

A modern interpretation of the classic story of Cinderella. It centres

on the collision of the two mindsets — religious and atheist. A love

story, with the emotional temperature close to boiling.

Director: Konstantin Lopushanskiy

Stars: Maxim Sukhanov, Vasilisa Denisova, Nadezhda Markina


1 h 37 min I Drama

Olya and Vadim are in their early thirties; they are devoted and

straightforward people; they share the ups and downs in their lives

until a third party intrudes their lives: the Internet.

Director: Grigory Dobrygin

Stars: Vladimir Svirsky, Yulia Peresild, Jordan Rose Frye


1 h 36 min I Drama, Thriller

Savva is a misfit, intellectual, and nihilist from the Hood who owns

the computer club ‘The Kettle’. Savva wants to break free from the

boundaries of his world. His last hope is a mysterious meeting

in the City.

Director: Eva Bass

Stars: Alexander Kuznetsov, Alexandra Revenko, Vasiliy Butkevich


Van Goghs + Q&A

Barabbas + Q&A


Cine Lumiere, 01 Dec, 4.30 pm

1 h 43 min I Drama

Mark Ginzburg is a talented artist who is always depressed. Victor,

his father, is a famous conductor. After Viktor is diagnosed with a

fatal illness, the father and son set off on a difficult journey.

Director: Sergey Livnev

Stars: Aleksey Serebryakov, Daniel Olbrychski


1 h 56 min I Drama

The film is based on the biblical story of Christ’s death and

resurrection, which we see through the eyes of Barabbas who

escaped death on the cross, released by the crowd in honour of

Easter.

Director: Evgeny Emelin

Stars: Pavel Kraynov, Albert Filozov, Regina Khakimova, Elena

Podkaminskaya, Zalim Mirzoev, Konstantin Samoukov


Great Poetry + Q&ACine Lumiere, 27 Nov, 8.30 pm

2 h I Action, Drama

Great Poetry is about two men who live on the outskirts of Moscow

and work as cash collectors. They also love poetry. The film is

about our life, so frantic, strange and lonely.

Director: Alexander Lungin

Stars: Alexander Kuznetsov, Aleksey Filimonov, Fyodor Lavrov,

Evgeniy Sytyy, Elena Makhova


Celebrity spotting list

Andrey Smolyakov

Dmitry Duzhev

Ravshana Kurkova

Who?

Actor

When?

27 Nov, 8.50 pm

Where?

Curzon Mayfair

At «The Factory» screening

Who?

Actor, Director

When?

25 Nov, 8.50 pm

Where?

Curzon Mayfair

At «The Conquest of Siberia» screening

Who?

Actress

When?

26 Nov, 8.15 pm

1 Dec, 12 pm

Where?

Curzon Mayfar

At «The Balkan Line» screening

The Regent Street Cinema

At «Abigail» screening

Who?

Actress

When?

28 Nov, 6 pm

Where?


At «High Above» screening

Victoria Tolstoganova

Who?

Actor

When?

1 Dec, 6.30 pm

Where?

The BFI

At «The End Of Season» screening,

Closing premiere

Evgeny Tsiganov

Who?

Actor

When?

28 Nov, 8.30 pm

29 Nov, 8 pm

Where?


At «T-34» screening

Bulgari Hotel

VIP screening «Tekst»

Alexander Petrov

Who?

Actor, Director

When?

28 Nov, 8.30 pm

Where?

Cine Lumiere

At «The Humorist» screening

Aleksey Agranovich

Who?

Actor

When?

27 Nov, 8.30 pm

Where?

Cine Lumiere

At «Great Poetry» screening

Alexander Kuznetsov

Who?

Actress

When?

1 Dec, 8.15 pm

Where?

Curzon Oxford

At «The Conquest Of Siberia» screening

Agata Mutsenietse

Ticket link:

https://bit.ly/33Nyv1Q

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GUIDE CURATED... · 2019. 10. 24. · irector Aleksey idorov tars Aleander etrov iktor obronravov rina tarshenbaum intsents ifer Ticket link httpsbit.lyyvQ istory. omey The umorist