The film takes place after the February Revolution of 1917. In the center of the film is the fate of two sons of Colonel Zandar, one sided with the Bolsheviks, the other with the counter-revolutionaries.
The Ossetian prince is thrown a baby girl. In memory of the deceased daughter, the prince adopts a baby. Years pass. The beautiful Fatima and the son more
The Ossetian prince is thrown a baby girl. In memory of the deceased daughter, the prince adopts a baby. Years pass. The beautiful Fatima and the son of Prince Jambulat love each other. He falls in love with Fatima and Prince Ibrahim's farmhand but hides his feelings while watching the happy couple. The Russian-Turkish war begins and Dzhambulat is the first to leave his native land and beloved for five years. Five ten years pass. Years of grief do not bring the lovers closer. According to the law of the mountains, Fatima is forced to marry. The prince insists on that. The girl rejects the princely suitors and chooses an old friend - halop Ibrahim, now working for a Russian engineer. Ibrahim managed to create a happy family. The firstborn was named Jambulat. Fatima has no soul in her husband and children. Five years pass in peace and joy. Suddenly, Jambulat, who wandered the world after his captivity, returns, still loving Fatima - and demands that she be with him. . . close
In the latter half of the 19th century, gold is discovered in the Black Hills, sacred land of the Lakota people. Gold diggers, profiteers and adventurers more
In the latter half of the 19th century, gold is discovered in the Black Hills, sacred land of the Lakota people. Gold diggers, profiteers and adventurers flock to the region. Among them is the hard-hearted land speculator Bludgeon, who tries to expel the Lakota using brutal methods. Lakota warriors retaliate, and soon the gold diggers' town becomes a battlefield. close
Pale, thin, cold-sweating Pik (Khugaev) teaches literature at the local university to students so indifferent they play cards and take phone calls while more
Pale, thin, cold-sweating Pik (Khugaev) teaches literature at the local university to students so indifferent they play cards and take phone calls while he lectures. "The hell with you,” he says, walking out mid-class. It’s unclear just why Pik seems so sickly, though by midpoint we realize he’s a heroin addict in withdrawal. Broke, alienated, shunned by his dealer, he searches for a fix or any other salvation, sharing his bleak thoughts in voiceover. Attractive lensing and spare piano/ambient sound score abet the feature’s melancholy, meditative aura. close
Dangal is an extraordinary true story based on the life of Mahavir Singh and his two daughters, Geeta and Babita Phogat. The film traces the inspirational more
Dangal is an extraordinary true story based on the life of Mahavir Singh and his two daughters, Geeta and Babita Phogat. The film traces the inspirational journey of a father who trains his daughters to become world class wrestlers. close
A chronicle of life in a small village in the Baikal Region on the eve of World War I and at the time of the October Revolution. The age-old foundations more
A chronicle of life in a small village in the Baikal Region on the eve of World War I and at the time of the October Revolution. The age-old foundations are crumbling, the process of social stratification is underway and, as a result, some people go to defend the revolution, and others - to fight against it. The main hero is the young Cossack Roman Ulybin. At first, this carefree daredevil is preoccupied only with one problem: whether his sweetheart, Dashutka, is to marry him or a merchant’s son, Alyoshka. Roman is killing time fist-fighting with his rival. But little by little, the young man realizes that the world around him has changed, that people are fighting for equality and social justice, and, being a real Cossack, he can’t remain on the sidelines… close