Moscow, 1934. At the end of his life, anticipating his imminent departure, at the request of his loved ones, Lev Vygotsky agrees to several psychoanalytic sessions with the grand lady of world psychology, a student of Freud and Jung, Sabine Spielrein. Adhering to largely opposite views, two great scientists are trying to answer each other the main question of their time — is there a method to educate a "new person"?
Sergey Gilev
Viktoriya Isakova
Ilya Khvostikov
Bogdan Zhilin
Ivan Basov
Lilia Avetyan
Nelly Uvarova
Moscow, 1934. At the end of his life, anticipating his imminent departure, at the request of his loved ones, Lev Vygotsky agrees to several psychoanalytic sessions with the grand lady of world psychology, a student of Freud and Jung, Sabine Spielrein. Adhering to largely opposite views, two great scientists are trying to answer each other the main question of their time — is there a method to educate a "new person"?
South America, 1960. A lonely and grumpy Holocaust survivor convinces himself that his new neighbor is none other than Adolf Hitler. Not being taken seriously, he starts an independent investigation to prove his claim, but when the evidence still appears to be inconclusive, Polsky is forced to engage in a relationship with the enemy in order to obtain irrefutable proof.
The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
On the French island of Mont Saint-Michel, Jack, a failed presidential candidate, Tom, a poet and Sonia, a physicist, engage in an intellectual conversation about politics, philosophy and life over the course of a single day.
In revolutionary Iran, as fundamentalists tighten their grip on society, a professor secretly gathers seven of her most dedicated female students to read and discuss forbidden classics of Western literature, including Lolita and Pride and Prejudice. Based on the bestselling memoir by Azar Nafisi. A film by Eran Riklis starring Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson), Zar Amir (Holy Spider), and Mina Kavani (No Bears).
Dr. Alan Stone breaks new ground for treatment of the mentally ill through an experiment on three paranoid schizophrenic patients who believe they are Jesus Christ.
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
A young Kyrgyz immigrant tries to eke out a living in Moscow after abandoning her newborn and fleeing the hospital.
Italian partisans help a professor sent by the OSS to find an atomic scientist held by Nazis.