Almanac from the four stories. The first: girls from the graduation class of the Catholic lyceum not to mock their biology teacher. But, having used power, more
Almanac from the four stories. The first: girls from the graduation class of the Catholic lyceum not to mock their biology teacher. But, having used power, he leaves four instigators after lessons for additional classes in anatomy. Second: high school girls go on a country tour, where all the same biology teacher and a strict curator should acquaint them with the hard work of Bavarian peasants. True, the peasants, together with the peasants, especially want to work, but can give the lyceum many lessons on the relationship between the sexes. Third: Amateur theater gives a performance in the rural gashtet, but that's the trouble, one of the actors forgot his lines, a souffler in this time was able only to sweet groans, interspersed with the sacramental "Das East fantastish!". However, the audience on such a turn of the performance reacted very positively. Fourth: the Catholic priest is trying to convey to one of his most attentive parishioners the norms of Christian morality. But pious conversation imperceptibly brought the father and layman to the nudist beach. It turned out that prudent pop is always ready to prove by his own example how flexible and convenient the norms he preaches are in everyday application... close
Michael, the son of a wealthy family, suffers from stuttering, and this leads him to be sent back to English and French. For the September exams, he will more
Michael, the son of a wealthy family, suffers from stuttering, and this leads him to be sent back to English and French. For the September exams, he will have to study all summer with Pamela, a sexy and beautiful teacher who will find a way to help him as he attempts to defend the particular attention of the other members of the family. close
“The Appearance of Johan Stiller” is a mystical drama by Belgian director Harry Kümel, based on the work of the same name by writer Hubert Lampo. Frick more
“The Appearance of Johan Stiller” is a mystical drama by Belgian director Harry Kümel, based on the work of the same name by writer Hubert Lampo.
Frick Grunvelt (Hugo Metsers) begins to notice inexplicable things happening around him that excite his journalistic flair. His suspicions are heightened when he receives a twenty-year-old letter from Joachim Stiller (Peter Strinx. In it, he tries to warn Frick of an incomprehensible danger. Similar letters begin to receive other people from the writer’s environment. The situation is driven by the imminent appearance of comets in the sky and rumors about the end of the world. close
Riccardo, belonging to an upper-middle class family from Puglia, studies religion in a Swiss boarding school. He has an incomplete relationship with his more
Riccardo, belonging to an upper-middle class family from Puglia, studies religion in a Swiss boarding school. He has an incomplete relationship with his half-sister Stefania, who one day announces his engagement and the next marriage. Riccardo, wearing his cassock below, desperately tries to conquer the now reluctant half-sister. close
A free-spirited Bostonian recently arrived in the West teams up with a crusty Wyoming cowboy to stop a land baron's attempts to drive out a group of small ranchers and take over their property.
A free-spirited Bostonian recently arrived in the West teams up with a crusty Wyoming cowboy to stop a land baron's attempts to drive out a group of small ranchers and take over their property. close
In a small provincial town, the young artist opened his first solo exhibition. It attracts the attention of the painting “Mermaid dance” – naked young more
In a small provincial town, the young artist opened his first solo exhibition. It attracts the attention of the painting “Mermaid dance” – naked young women in a mermaid dance. In one of the mermaids, local residents recognize a respectable spouse. There's no avoiding scandal. . . close
Yes, only the French could create such a banter over high feelings! Andrea from the erotic movie Henri Glaeser Incorrigible dreamer and romantic nature. more
Yes, only the French could create such a banter over high feelings! Andrea from the erotic movie close
Detective Lung is investigating the murder of his father and discovers his father belonged to a syndicate of smugglers. He finds out the murderer used more
Detective Lung is investigating the murder of his father and discovers his father belonged to a syndicate of smugglers. He finds out the murderer used to be his father's business partner and that he's now living in Hong Kong under a new name (Wang). Lung tries to lure Wang to Bali where he hopes to get his revenge. close
Hikaru is a female teacher at an all boy's high school. Yata is a mysterious student who transfers from another school. He is the younger brother of a more
Hikaru is a female teacher at an all boy's high school. Yata is a mysterious student who transfers from another school. He is the younger brother of a boy who had committed suicide because of his obsession with Hikaru. Yata wants to avenge his brother's death so he recruits two more boys and they rape Hikaru on the school roof. When she discovers the reason for the attack, she stalks them before they can do any more damage. close
In order to marry a wealthy heiress, Lata, Kishore Nath abandons his parents and fiancée. His act caused a number of tragic consequences: the father was more
In order to marry a wealthy heiress, Lata, Kishore Nath abandons his parents and fiancée. His act caused a number of tragic consequences: the father was blind from grief, the mother was forced to go to work as a maid, the bride, expecting a child from him, dies during childbirth. It's been years. Kishor’s son from Lata, having learned about his father’s ingratitude towards his parents, decided to teach everyone a lesson. close
Documentary about the difficult fate of the chairman of a large collective farm Praskovye Malinina
The theme of the heroes of labor was the canonical more
Documentary about the difficult fate of the chairman of a large collective farm Praskovye Malinina
The theme of the heroes of labor was the canonical theme of Soviet art. The film about the chairman of the collective farm "XII October" of the Kostroma region Praskovje Andreevna Malinina, three times Hero of Socialist Labor, destroyed the usual idea of films of this official genre. The film “Chairman Malinin” is one of the most famous (of course, how well-known a documentary can be). It's a portrait film. The main character is a typical image of Soviet propaganda, based on the idea of a cook who can run the state. May Chairman Malinina not be a cook, but a milkmaid. And let the collective farm “October 12” of the Kostroma region is not a state, but a large collective farm is also a lot. Malinin was regularly shown in film magazines, a lot was written about her. And not surprisingly, she is a great person by Soviet standards: laureate of the State Prize, twice Hero of Socialist Labor, "innovator of kolkhoz production." Traditionally, such people were filmed exclusively in production and in the stands, a cheerful announcer commented on their outstanding achievements. And where do we see Chairman Malinina at Obukhovich? Where the very place of the Hollywood vertigotail - in the hairdresser, the stylist. I think that beginning was enough to make the film legendary. The ridiculous scene is a simple village aunt in a fashionable Moscow hairdresser’s shop. Does she want it? Of course we do. After all, she is a “star” of Soviet propaganda and came to a regular congress. The episode is poignantly memorable. On the one hand, the director immediately explains to us, and not in words, the essence of the phenomenon: the propaganda machine operates according to the same rules as any advertising, and the Soviet “hero” is not just a person, but a PR company. On the other hand, while the chairman is combed, you can have time to think about her, how she lives, what she thinks, feels what her life really is. The scene “artist in the dressing room” is traditional for many films about artists, but it is here, with a simple aunt chair, it really works, in my opinion. The director brilliantly combined two incompatible stamps and received a masterpiece. And everything that Nikolai Obukhovich shows in the film is perceived against this background and the intonation of this scene.
No other “kitchen” of creating a heroic image Obukhovich in this film does not reveal. There is no direct contrast between the “screen image” and real life, as in “Our Mother is a Hero”, either. We learn little about the behind-the-scenes life of Chairman Malinina, almost nothing, only slight hints that perhaps everything is not so glossy smooth. The director remains respectful of heroin. He's not trying to shake her pedestal, he's just offering to look at it from a slightly different angle.
Maria Volchan
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Kamiki (Sonny Chiba) is a career criminal who is given the chance to break out of prison for the 33rd time. Afterwards Kaimiki teams up with a bunch of more
Kamiki (Sonny Chiba) is a career criminal who is given the chance to break out of prison for the 33rd time. Afterwards Kaimiki teams up with a bunch of thugs that engineer prison escapes for money. close