Alexei, a revered politician and professor, falls in love with a seductive young woman and realizes that while with her, everything he achieved in 40 years, family and career, is falling apart. (Russian with English subtitles).
Residents of a big city, each of whom has their own sexual problems and desires, secret and, most often, shameful from the point of view of society, need more
Residents of a big city, each of whom has their own sexual problems and desires, secret and, most often, shameful from the point of view of society, need to solve them. Each of the characters tries to solve their problems in their own way: someone sublimates them, someone turns to a psychotherapist for help, someone rushes into experiments... but sooner or later they all return to where they started, and they have to overcome themselves again and again to get at least a little, even a millimeter closer to their happiness. close
In the center of the mystical story is the heroine of the film “The Devil’s Flower” (Tsvetok dyavola), a student of Pauline. For many nights she has a more
In the center of the mystical story is the heroine of the film “The Devil’s Flower” (Tsvetok dyavola), a student of Pauline. For many nights she has a strange dream - on the gates of a castle blooms a mysterious flower. And this dream does not leave the girl in reality, beckoning, pursuing and attracting her.
To help Pauline tries to come her friend, one of the hobbies of which is all mysterious and mystical. The girl finds an ancient book, which reveals the same flower that beckons Pauline and in a dream. In addition, there are several blank pages in the book, as if left for some new entries.
Meanwhile, strange events, which tells about the film “Flower of the devil” begin to take on an increasingly mysterious turn. Polina meets a young man named Sasha, a player of the equestrian polo team, and a romantic relationship is formed between them. At the same time, blank pages in the book suddenly begin to fill with mysterious signs that strangely predict what is happening soon in Pauline’s life. In addition, in a dream, the girl now sees not only a mysterious flower, but also a sinister Horseman, a meeting with whom soon becomes inevitable. To save his love, Sasha will have to enter into a deadly battle with the dark forces. . close
Eleven comedic vignettes featuring conversations – some important, some less so – held in restaurants over coffee and cigarettes (how quickly time flies more
Eleven comedic vignettes featuring conversations – some important, some less so – held in restaurants over coffee and cigarettes (how quickly time flies – cigarettes are banned in Russia’s restaurants now). The conversations are candid, and even veer into the territory of murder. In the final credits, the director apologizes to Jim Jarmusch, whose work (in the anthology Coffee and Cigarettes, which Jarmusch shot in pieces over many years) Oldenburg-Svintsov is clearly indebted to. Sex, Coffee, Cigarettes’s kinship with Jarmusch’s film extends to the fact that superstars play tiny roles in almost all of the vignettes. close
Masha Krapivina - is yet beautiful, and not that clever. She is just an ordinary girl, like thousands of her peers from different parts of the country, more
Masha Krapivina - is yet beautiful, and not that clever. She is just an ordinary girl, like thousands of her peers from different parts of the country, who risked to try to conquer Moscow and left their native country town. close
Contemporary Moscow. Danya, a struggling actor, has just lost his girlfriend. His troubles soon multiply when his younger brother Dima shows up at his more
Contemporary Moscow. Danya, a struggling actor, has just lost his girlfriend. His troubles soon multiply when his younger brother Dima shows up at his apartment with a friend who has a bullet in his stomach. close