Cactus works as a janitor at the Christmas tree school. He watches their training and dreams of becoming the main symbol of the holiday himself.
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Cactus works as a janitor at the Christmas tree school. He watches their training and dreams of becoming the main symbol of the holiday himself.
A Jewish brothel owner attempts to become respectable by commissioning a Torah scroll and marrying off his daughter to a yeshiva student.
The heroine loves her father's young steward. The appearance of her father, attempting to match her with a rich old man, makes her hide her lover under the featherbed, where he suffocates; An unwitting, almost anecdotal murder-- understandable familial insubordination turned deadly. Having found the corpse, mother and daughter in fear call the janitor, who hides the body in a barrel and throws it into the Volga river. The 'kindly' janitor, however, begins to blackmail the troubled women.
The movie is an absurdly ironic narrative that reflects the anti-science and anti-American tendencies of recent times.
Based on the short story “Natalie” by Ivan Bunin. The story has been adapted to a contemporary setting. In search of romantic adventure, a first-year university student visits a country house owned by acquaintances — and falls in love with two girlfriends at the same time.
The plot centers on an investigation conducted by the curious and resourceful Petya, despite the entreaties of his friends, family, and local law enforcement agencies, and throughout the entire journey he is "assisted" by his younger brothers, Sasha and Kostya. After a series of failures and setbacks, Petya still does not give up, collects all the evidence together, and learns the truth about who is to blame for the disappearance of the artifacts and helps return these exhibits to the museum.
Creative search for 20 year old heroes. Trauma as exhaustion or trauma as inspiration and the basis of creative impulse? Get out of a violent relationship and find self-confidence - is it possible? The story of two girls in modern Moscow.
After living in the city, Andrei Khodas returns to the land and settles on a farm. However, the rapidly growing city catches up with him here. A couple of young and energetic businessmen intend to buy a picturesque area for new construction and are trying to evict its few inhabitants.
The poet Natalya Gorbanevskaya (1936-2013) gained wide popularity first of all as a participant in the dissident movement and one of those legendary eight who on August 25, 1968 went to the Red Square to protest against the invasion of Soviet troops in Czechoslovakia, having paid for this several years of imprisonment. She was often called the heroine. She objected: "I'm not a heroine, I'm just an ordinary person." The authors of the film shot Gorbanevskaya for several years, asking questions that worried her as a poet, forced them to go to the square, and how her fate developed after forced emigration from the USSR.
A cat and mouse tale ... or is it?
From the project "Russian classics for children". A film about the world of children's fantasies, fears and fictions based on the story of Boris Zhitkov about how children made a dog out of a piece of fur.
Music video for song by Jay-Jay Johanson.
The story of the family life of the brilliant Spanish artist Pablo Picasso and the Russian ballerina Olga Khokhlova appears as a problem of choosing between the values of life and the goals of art. The necessity of this choice turns sublime love into a struggle for extermination, which, in turn, fuels the creativity of the great artist no less than love.
The life story of one ball.
A short fan film based on The Last of Us, "Our Future Days," takes place in Jackson, a few days after Joel's death in The Last of Us 2. Ellie, preparing for her trip to Seattle, plays the song "Future Days," which transports her back in time.
The film is dedicated to the little-known period of life of the great Russian composer P.I. Tchaikovsky. He appears before us not as a canonical gray-haired genius, recognized and crowned with world fame, but as a young, insecure man who comes to visit his sister for several summer days. Relatives and friends, “little people”, give the great artist love, care and spiritual support, helping him to find himself, to overcome “torture by the sounding world”. For them, as well as for the authors of the film, Tchaikovsky is an angel thrown to the ground, reminiscent of the ultimate mission of man ...
A former mental hospital patient suffering from a rare sexual disorder only achieves orgasm when he hits lonely girls with his car. After being discharged from the hospital, he ends up in a strange hostel under a government program. There his former attending physician continues to visit him. But this place is not so simple, and the doctor has his own dark motives for his visits.
“When you raise a winner, you grow a warrior. In the warrior you need to kill love so that he can win. Mom raised a daughter, a good warrior, did not take into account only that the warrior does not care who to kill. ”
There is a thief in the office of a major businessman. When he was finally caught, it turned out that he had a unique gift. The so-called “phenomenon” could read thoughts at a distance, move objects without touching them, and open complex combination locks with an effort of will. These skills seemed very promising to the enterprising businessman, and he left the talented young man as a hostage in order to use his abilities for his own purposes, but, unfortunately for him, this desire arose not only from him...
Natasha, 36, awaits a court verdict that is to decide whether for the next eight years she is to stay under police observation. Persons like her are called repeat offenders: She committed a new crime, even though she had been released on parole. “Lost trust” — this legal formula has become the real punishment for the main character. These six months is the main penitentiary term of her lifetime, the last chance to feel life in all its versatility, and she makes a list of all things she needs to cram into that short timespan: a rock concert, a ballet, a soccer championship, going to the seaside, meeting up friends, and, most importantly, meeting her father to whom Natasha did not have the courage to tell the truth about her second imprisonment.
A science fiction take on the classic folk character Ivan the fool/idiot.
According to UN data in the workforce, in terms of numbers and sex, in Russia there are 794,000 people
With her the husband and her mother Katya lives in a small provincial town and works at the local factory. The mother suddenly falls ill and decides to transfer her property to her son, Katya’s brother. Katya feels this decision to be unjust, and begins to fight for her inheritance. In pursuit of imaginary material well-being Katya decides on a most desperate act.
The main characters are ordinary 30-year-old men who live in an ordinary Russian village, where it is always bad to work, where there is always no money, where they drive moonshine, for which they pay with food or firewood. They did not study at institutes, do not speak foreign languages, do not understand politics and consider the words “Internet” and “glamor” as curses. For such words, they can give in the face. They see life mainly on the TV screen. Yes and that - black and white.
One of the legends of Soviet television is Valentina Leontieva. One of the first TV presenters. She was called the All-Union "Aunt Valya". The peak of Leontieva's fame came in the late 1960s - early 1970s, when she led the program adored by the people "From the bottom of her heart." And besides, there were festive concerts "Blue light", popular children's programs "Visiting a fairy tale", "Good night, kids", "Skillful Hands", "Alarm Clock"... Leontieva's story about herself in the film is illustrated by film and TV newsreels, photographs of her personal archive. But even the most vivid memories of former glory cannot drown out the pain and longing. Valentina Mikhailovna appears in front of the audience in a housecoat and slippers. The poor atmosphere, the unpretentious decoration of her home, and most importantly, the genuine sadness in her eyes and voice indicate that the once beloved and irreplaceable Aunt Valya was undeservedly forgotten.
The world is in the grip of surveillance cameras. Youngsters are at a protest, their motto being "Say No to Cameras." Yet there is a paradox: these very youngsters, despite their fervent opposition, cannot bring themselves to reject the cameras.
The whole universe of characters Maximov, showing in this case the skills and talents they possess in their snouts.
A dying actor asks a doctor to help him commit suicide in return for a masterpiece.
Muscovite Andrey Kotelnikov works as a security guard in a jewelry salon and is going to resume his interrupted studies at a medical school. Unexpectedly, an army friend comes to visit him from Siberia. Having found out from Andrey information about his work schedule and the collection system of the jewelry salon, the Siberian organizes a robbery, provides himself with an alibi and arranges everything so that Andrey becomes the main suspect in this case. Cornered, Andrei escapes from custody and, in the company of the thief Yana, goes to Siberia in the hope of regaining his honest name…
Produced for newly independent Sakha television in the early nineties, Summer House is a pioneering document of a film culture in the making. The directorial debut of actor Anatoly Vasiliev, who also stars, the film tells the seemingly simple story of a man returning to his native village to purchase a house, only to find himself caught between the worlds of the living and the dead. Drawing on deep wells of Sakha spirituality and folk symbolism, and cast with local, non-professional actors, Summer House is a rarely-seen gem of independent filmmaking and a key piece of Sakha film history.
After the death of her son Julia seemed to be frozen. I can not regain consciousness. But she believes in a new meeting with the one she lost.
The documentary about the Ukrainian Aidar battalion was filmed in a single 80-minute sequence.
A stage production of Anton Chekhov's play at the Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre.
The 40-day war has just ended in Armenia. David completed a 2-year service and has returned home from the front. Uncertain about his next steps, he is actively searching for a job that resonates with him. Arthur served in the army for a year and is currently on vacation. He continues his efforts to recall his favorite tune on the piano. Serezha harbors jealousy toward his brothers who experienced the war. He is getting ready to enlist in the army, as he will turn 18 this year. All three are brothers, and they are all Nina's children.
The girl's birthday was planned perfectly, but it turned out to be unforgettable for completely different reasons.
Ostap Bender and Kisa Vorobyaninov embark on another journey in search of wealth hidden in one of the twelve antique chairs by an elderly countess during the revolution. The old woman died, having told the secret to her son-in-law. But the absent-minded Hippolyte, aka Kisa, missed the opportunity to redeem the property of a deceased relative, and now he will have to chase all over the country in search of that very chair, in the seat of which untold riches are hidden. Of course, Ostap's resourcefulness will help them unravel this tangle of mysteries, but they have a serious competitor in the person of Father Fyodor, who is also eager to find the coveted set as soon as possible.
94 years old, Russia. An old BMW drove into an abandoned precast concrete plant. Two men in leather jackets went to the trunk, took out a shovel, a man and his knapsack. One of them indicated the place, the second loaded the Makarov. Only the word "Dig" slipped out in an orderly tone. The man looked around, picked up a shovel and, without any questions, began to dig his own grave. Such a calm behavior under the circumstances raised doubts about one of the bandits.
This story unites the destinies of the landowners and their servants, and is considered to be one of the most complete portraits of the Russian life in the late XIX century. It takes place in Dry Valley, a village owned by the noble family of Khrushevs. The story tells about Natalia, a young and naive girl who serves in their country house. We see and experience her love, dedication to her masters, mysticism, exile, betrayal and faith, while the Dry Valley is falling to pieces, slowly but inevitably, as well as the lives of its inhabitants.
A successful top executive, Yulay, returns to his native village to sell his late father's farm, but becomes entangled in a conflict with a ruthless farmer, Jafar, over a herd of horses. To overcome the challenges and win an equestrian wrestling competition, Yulay brings together three teenagers, for each of whom the sport becomes both a personal challenge and a path to adulthood. Ataysal is a story about how, through hardship, hard work, and a deep connection to one's roots, a person finds themselves and learns to become a source of strength for others. This film is a family adventure drama about returning to one's roots, generational continuity, and the transformative power of mentorship.
The fourth concert of Sergei Orlov, filmed in Moscow in November 2022.
Hansel's grandfather's wife died. They have lived together for over fifty years. For three years he has been living alone, cannot find a place for himself and constantly misses her.
Mounting of the film by Dmitry Frolov on the basis of documentary frames of performances of Russian ballet dancers and lifeless margins of the Russian outback. Symbolizes the slowly naked and dying Russian world.
Created in the garage of drift driver and designer ddKaba, the hot rod finds itself alone in the city, struggling to find its place in the world. Challenges, self-discovery, friendship with a homeless man from St. Petersburg, chases, dangerous competitions, and even love await the car on its journey to its dream.
Mongun-Taiga is the highest peak of Tyva and all of Eastern Siberia. In the harsh climate of the Mongun-Taiga ridge, only yaks... and people survive. Rare travelers get here, and those who do find themselves on another planet, where shamans, yaks, people, spirits of ancestors, mountains and taiga live in amazing harmony and unity... How to protect this fragile world from destruction?
The conductor (Anna) suddenly leaves the city and silently lives alone in the northern forest on the seashore. Once a chorus girl (Aglaya) comes to her in the hope of returning Anna to her destiny, but remains with her outside of time and boundaries between reality and sleep. Gradually the voice of the chorus girl becomes the inner voice of the silent conductor.
"Andrey Bitov. The Green Suitcase" is the first portrait film in the work of Viktor Tikhomirov. Initially, the picture was supposed to reflect the process of writing the book "Chaos and Order", which was conceived by Andrey Bitov, and be called like a book. Later, due to objective reasons, the tape was transformed into a cinematic portrait of the writer, whose image is revealed through philosophical concepts: "chaos" and "order". The film features music by the groups "Volkovtrio" and "Auction". The film was awarded a special jury prize at the festival" Literature and Cinema " in Gatchina (2002).
They are called "loveaholics", "sozics", obsessed, "love addicts". These are people for whom love has become a disease. It makes them suffer and search, fantasize and act, idealize and avoid. Where does euphoria end and diagnosis begin? The film is a study of the phenomenon of love addiction
Three—time Olympic champion Irina Rodnina is the most famous figure skater in the world. Although she won her gold medals in pair skating, they often talk about her, not about her partners. Paired with Alexey Ulanov, and then with Alexander Zaitsev, she was the undisputed leader despite her small stature. In her life, this word — "contrary" — is more common than others, because by nature she is a fighter, she did not get anything just like that, she had to conquer everything.
Ruslan Belyy's new stand-up show about leading podcasts, complaint against him to prosecutor's office, obscenities and Manizha'song, Morgenstern and fact that we are all sometimes a little ministers of culture of Republic of Crimea.
Relations between Vladimir Rusakov and Tatyana continue to develop, and on his birthday in the presence of guests, Vladimir presents Tatyana as his bride.
The story of two artists, endowed with love and talent, trying to live in personal and artistic freedom in a totalitarian regime.
The young librarian Ksenia, who until recently was solving her numerous family and financial problems, one day becomes the owner of an inheritance - a huge apartment, a bank account and a new Mercedes, and with it many secrets and mysteries. Ksenia understands that in this life nothing happens just like that... Step by step she is approaching the solution, not realizing that a threat is already hanging over her...