Discoveries from Russia World Cinema

The head of the prison camp is friends with the manager, the head of a criminal gang. An evacuated woman with a child arrives in the city, and the manager falls in love with her.

Natasha is a lonely, middle-aged admin employee at the zoo who still lives at home with her mother. One day her life is turned upside down when she discovers she has grown a tail…

The film portraits a complicated journey thru life, love and hate of a homosexual in Russia. Before an important audition, the opera teacher recommends sleep, walks and Schubert. Feeling lost, desperate and rebellious, Erik does the exact opposite (except for the Schubert bit), spending his nights with a disillusioned older colleague and excessive amounts of vodka. Erik has a boyfriend but a chance encounter with the semi-criminal Lyokha awakens passion of a whole new caliber in him.

When the grown-up Minka goes to visit his sister Lyolya, now an adult woman with two children living in their childhood home, everything along the way reminds him of funny stories from the past. But he does not know that as a result of the pranks of her "stuffed" twins Petya and Fedya, Lyola is in serious trouble ...

Former farmer V.P. Mukhin became governor. His enemies are trying to prevent him from signing an agreement with Belarus on the construction of a bridge. He is given 7 days to think about it. Alone and unarmed, the old man goes to a meeting with representatives of the criminal world...

A gang of skinheads 'Russia 88' are filming propaganda videos in order to place it on the internet. At the same time the camera records the life of the gang, they become accustomed to this and stop paying attention to it. The leader of the gang 'Blade' discovers that his sister is dating a guy from the Caucasus. This family drama develops into a tragedy.

Boris Yukhananov's film triptych based on Andrey Vishnevsky's play "Pinocchio's Mad Angel".

The third part of the popular movie series

In the autumn of 1942, a major railway sabotage took place in the frontline area: undermining the Soviet military echelon carrying equipment and soldiers to the front. The instant reaction of the NKVD and military counterintelligence gives its results.

The hero of the film, slightly satiated with life, and therefore suffering from its hopeless grayness, was made an extraordinary offer and, what's more, a very lucrative one: a job in bed. The new employee of the firm "Branch" was given a code number - 13. And then love came. And the hero began to have troubles...

Khodzha Nasreddin saves the donkey from the heat. Now he is in the service of Khodzha, from which all his adventures begin. Donkey lives, works, cannot raise his head, but meeting with Khodzha will turn his world upside down.

The legendary love story of Ferhat and Sirin.

Maria returns to the city where her family lives, her friends — those whom she loves more than life, those with whom she was separated for six long years. Mary was convicted of murder. A small town where everyone knows each other, still at a loss: how could a young woman kill her husband? Only Mary herself knows the truth and the price of this tragic event from the past. The long-awaited return home becomes a real test for her.

n Belgium he was called Jean, in Russia - Ivan Sergeevich. A world sports star, a Formula 1 hero, returns from exile to become the owner of Empire, a large trading company. He doesn’t understand much about modern Russian life.

The first love of the young heroine of the film remains unrequited. An adult married man, a friend of her parents, does not believe that he has the right to respond to this feeling. They will meet in a few years other people — and broke out with a new force of love will turn their lives. They do not yet know that they will be separated again. However, their souls are destined to stay together forever…

Nails is the story of an assassin (his name is Hitman) who has a terrible headache and the only solution to cure it is drastic, that is, sticking a series of nails into his skull! This is only the first step towards a form of self-destruction that in the final part of the film gives us some truly unhealthy and disturbing images, obviously accompanied by blood and offal. A true visual delirium studied in the smallest details starting from the use of color in the three phases that punctuate this debut on acid.

Serge is deeply under his thumb, but in his soul he dreams of freedom. Aleksey is his complete opposite - a tough, stern man who divorced his wife because she did not listen to him. By the will of fate, they find themselves drawn into the pursuit of a billion, which they agreed to divide in half. Each of them, with the help of this money, wants to gain what he dreams of: Serge - freedom, and Aleksey - power over his wife. Despite the fact that Serge is deathly afraid of Aleksey, and Aleksey sincerely despises Serge, history "puts them in the same boat." Will they be able to cope with their fears and get the coveted billion?

Anna is a criminal journalist and is fully committed to her career. The editor-in-chief of the magazine Sergey, with whom Anna lives in a civil marriage, makes her an offer to marry him. Anna happily agrees. But life makes adjustments to these plans. Suddenly, Anna is responsible for the daughter of the deceased friend Ksyusha. Anna is looking for Maxim - the brother of the late Toma and her former love.

Former criminal investigator is falsely accused in a death of a witness. After escape from a jail he tries to find who was responsible for ruining his life.

Once the actor Rebrov flatly refused to participate in an obscene performance and flew, as they say, out the door. When he came home and found out that his family was going to be replenished, the exemplary family man was not upset, but organized a cooperative "Sibiryak", where lonely childless women were guaranteed the appearance of beautiful babies. Assistant Rebrov became Vovik also an actor-loser. Hopeless drinker and completely indifferent to the female sex, the fat man will be very talented to play the role of a psychic as long as the "Siberian" does not attract the attention of the racket and until a sweet woman with a dream to give birth to a son from a psychic appears in his apartment.

In this sequel of Lovey-Dovey Andrey and Marina are exchanging bodies again - but this time with their children.

A special "Inside Lapenko" in the detective genre, telling about the mysterious events that took place in December 1886...

An amazing story about the life of a modern girl and her friends, the same desperate young people who do not want to put up with the gray routine and boredom, eager to escape from the real world into the world of their dreams and fantasies.

Vadim Krylov is the owner of a major retail chain. He's the best at what he does, and he is used to getting what he wants at any cost. He reaches his goal, 3000 stores all over the country, but that costs him dearly. Now, to avoid financial ruin Krylov has to make a deal to partner with a large Chinese retail chain. The Chinese company is ready to purchase a 50% stake in Vadim's company which officially - or on paper at least - belongs to his Mother. Vadim is once again on top of the world. But his Mother, who lived her whole life in his home town died a half a year ago and it turns out, she left a last will and testament. So Vadim will have to go back to his home town where there's an unexpected surprise waiting for him. His Mother bequeathed the company not to him, but to her granddaughter, his daughter, with whom he has had no contact with since he abandoned her at the age of two.

Intertwined stories from the gladiator/athletes participating to the Calcio Storico Fiorentino yearly championship.

Gena tried all his life to be the support of the family. For this, he even abandoned his stormy youth and dreams of becoming a KVN star. And when, 25 years later, his wife called him boring and offered to divorce, Gena decides to make up for lost time - fill his life with adventure and go to the KVN festival in Sochi. And a new acquaintance pushes him to this journey - a beautiful girl of very easy virtue. She is sure that the talented Gena will quickly become a star of humor with her help. If it doesn't disappear even faster, along with a decent amount from Genya's card.

The story of two opposite people, which begins in a St. Petersburg bar on Ribinstein Street. In search of true love, freedom-loving Ilona and the conservative teacher of Russian language and literature Artyom find themselves on one of the most important restaurant streets in the city and throughout Europe, where they get to know each other. Drinking, dancing and talking lead them to a random night they would never spend together while sober.

Alla Demidova ranks among the greatest actresses to have graced the Russian-language stage over the past six decades, as well as screens big and small. She's famous for her tragic characters. Perhaps because she, above all, understands the world as a realm of worries and sorrow?

The unique view on the well-known story of Christ's death and resurrection, which we see with the eyes of brigand Barabbas who got away from death on the cross.

Yana Titova is a very successful businesswoman, editor-in-chief of a fashion glossy magazine. She considers herself a self-sufficient, accomplished woman and supports "child-free". It doesn't bother Yana at all that at thirty-eight she doesn't have a husband or children. Having achieved popularity, Yana confidently goes forward, not wanting to compromise her own principles. But suddenly, clouds are gathering over Yana's well-being, and in order to strengthen her almost lost position, she agrees to an unthinkable step, deciding to adopt a child. Yana takes her from the orphanage a little gypsy by the name of Yanko. That's just Yana does not even suspect what will turn out for her such a PR move.

Father Alexander is trying to maintain peaceful life for his church amidst the Nazi occupation during WWII.

A humorous New Year's TV show dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Eldar Ryazanov. The plot parodies the 1956 film Carnival Night. The role of Ogurtsov is being tried on by Ryazanov himself.

On the fairy-tale of Gennady Tsyferov about self-respect.

Nina is a successful family woman, but she has her “Achilles’ Heel”: her younger sister, the reckless Alla. Nobody understands why Nina looks after her all the time. One day Nina’s patience comes to an end, but she has to face a difficult choice...

A chamber comedy with Aglaya Tarasova. Galina is enthusiastic about her new job. The Assistant to the Producer is not that important, but they solve important tasks. That's why Galina has to find a brown goat.

After avenging the murder of her husband, Polina flees to Odessa where she hopes to hide from her merciless enemies. There she meets a young and charming Gleb and their sympathy begins to grow into something more ... but the mafia’s influence spreads very far, and the criminal group comes to the city to deal with her ‘for good’. Thus, Polina becomes a reason for fights for the territories. To stop this endless criminal saga, Polina is forced to turn from a victim into a hunter which draws her new and, as it turns out, mysterious friends into this dangerous game ...

Sinbad, a young and easygoing pirate, is not very adept at pirating: he and his crew have not been able to capture a single ship in a year. But fate finally smiles at Sinbad: old Antioch shows him an ancient map and persuades him to set sail for Skeleton Island to seek buried treasure.

Russian countess in 1893 has strange dreams about herself living a life as a dishwasher in 1993' Moscow after dissolution of the USSR.

A new day is a new life! The heroes get a chance to verify the authenticity of this statement, because each of them had the opportunity to radically change their fate that night. And now, with only a few hours left before dawn, they must take the first step towards a new life. But, it turns out, it's not that easy.

October 1941. German forces have penetrated deep into Russia and are laying waste to everything they see. The Soviet high command takes every chance they get to secure the rear and take anything of historic importance out of harm's way.

Dangerous and attractive adventures at sea and on land: passionate love, a meeting with death, the exoticism of the Far East and a desperate fight against drug dealers...

Russian sociologist Maxim Shugaley and his translator colleague Samer Sueifan are still being held in a Libyan prison. For more than a year, they have been subjected to torture and psychological violence on a daily basis. While in custody, Maxim Shugaley encounters various people who turn out to be, sometimes unknowingly, sources of information about the situation in Tripoli. Listening to their stories, the sociologist literally collects valuable information bit by bit, which can be decisive for the entire world community.

Фильм снят по повести Сергея Говорухина "Никто, кроме нас". Эта картина не столько о самой войне, сколько о взаимоотношениях кинооператора Евгения Левашова и Наташи - женщины, которую он искал всю жизнь, и нашел за несколько недель до своей очередной командировки на войну. И хотя он может отказаться от этой поездки, он этого не делает - потому что любовь и нравственный выбор неразрывно связаны между собой…

To earn money, nineteen-year-old Lyosha must lose a Zhiguli race to blogger Shkurny live. But even the younger brother does not know that according to the agreement in the finale, Lyosha must set fire to his grandfather's car. Having penetrated the vibrant world of drifters and learned the story of his grandfather-designer, Lyosha faces a choice whether to succumb to the blogger and destroy the car or defend the honor of his family.

A young man named Kesha returns to his village after a long absence. He has completed a prison term but now simply wants to live a quiet, normal life. His younger brother, only 17, has plans for college. However, the brothers’ perspectives on the future shift dramatically when Kesha joins a gold-mining crew.

A movie almanac of five short stories about happy accidents.

Miami, Valentine's Day. The main character, a womanizer, meets a girl he really likes in a store, and, overcome with desire, wants to spend the evening with her. But here's the catch: she is married and afraid of her Cuban husband.

Vladislav Lavrov is the owner of a powerful construction empire. He is lucky in everything – the business is booming, his beautiful wife is making a breakneck career on stage, and his beloved daughter is on television. But one day, his old friend Sasha Frolov appears in Lavrov's house. He is poor, terminally ill, and everyone calls him Sasha the Saxophone for his virtuoso playing of the instrument. This man completely destroys Lavrov's stable and orderly life in one day. "Solo on the Saxophone" will reveal to us the secrets of this family and this friendship one by one, as well as the main secret that binds former friends, now a criminal and a construction magnate.

About the Soviet railway workers who heroically kept watch on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War.

Petr, a recently discharged officer, arrives in a tiny mining town in the remote Siberian taiga to hunt for gold. When he finds it, the other prospectors cannot forgive his luck.

The talented and practical journalist German Krylov, in pursuit of sensation, finds himself in a company that sells a feeling of love. Unexpectedly for himself, he becomes the object of manipulation and falls into a trap from which it is difficult to get out.

Oleg learns the intricacies of working in a bank, and here he meets the manager Veta. They begin a romance that will change the lives of both. Veta dreams of being close to Oleg, but for this he needs to divorce Katya...

Two young students - Sonya and Ippolit - are spending their holiday time in sunny Greece. But not everything is going as planned.

Born of a chance meeting in Venice, Silvestro and Camilla's rocky romance unfolds over 10 winters as new lovers come and go but they are eternally thrust back into one another's arms.

Five different stories about women - their loved ones, passion, family and what they really want in life.

Orléans is a typical provincial Russian town on the banks of a salt lake called Yarovoye. The town is 'steeped in evil'. But it isn't some great evil. This evil is of a banal and everyday type: Lida the hairdresser has indiscriminate affairs, followed by numerous abortions; Rudik the doctor enjoys an endless supply of women, thanks to his position, neglecting his paralyzed father who lives with him and hoping the old man will die soon; the local officer of the law has no qualms about committing murder; a magician from the local circus might actually be sawing women in half on stage... One day, a mysterious man appears in this quiet backwater town. He goes by the title of the Executor: at least that's what it says on his business card...

Their first night is a chain of random coincidences. However, some time later, she shows up at his office under a different name and a suspiciously clean biography. And this seems to be no coincidence.

Lena Yartseva is a Moscow school girl. She has a typical family of modest means. Lena loves to dream of a good life and a lot of time in the nearby shopping center, where is her realm of dreams, and the mirror looks at her reflection – usually clad girls. Too much of a difference between her parents’ wishes and possibilities. Perfectionism, anger, temper originate Lena quarrels with his parents and leaves the house.

Viktoriya is a successful businesswoman; in her strictly planned life there is no place for chaos, especially for men. She is stubbornly pursuing the largest contract of her career with investors from the UAE. Almost before flying to a meeting in Dubai, Viktoriya learns that her Arab partners only work with family people. "A man who has a family has honor," they say. Viktoriya does not intend to lose the contract, so she passes off her subordinate Roman as her fiancé. Viktoriya and Roman are flying to Dubai for a deal, their task is to under no circumstances break up and reveal the fictitiousness of the relationship and get a contract.