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Wolfhound (2006) Волкодав |
| Genre: Fantasy/Adventure Director: Nikolai Lebedev Cast: Alexander Buharov, Oksana Akinshina, Igor Petrenko, Alexander Domogarov, Natalia Varley, Andrei Rudensky, Nina Usatova |
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| Genre: Drama Director: Pavel Lunghin Cast: Pyotr Mamonov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Dmitri Dyuzhev, Yuri Kuznetsov, Viktoriya Isakova |
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Day Watch(2006) Дневной Дозор |
| Genre : Thriller/Fantasy Director: Timur Bekmambetov Cast: Konstantin Khabensky, Mariya Poroshina, Vladimir Menshov, Galina Tyunina |
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Franz and Polina (2006) Франц и Полина |
| Genre: War Director: Michael Segal Cast: Svetlana Ivanova, Adrian Topol, Andrey Merzlikin, Tamara Mironova, Uve Yellinek. |
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Russian Money (2006) Русские Деньги |
| Genre: Comedy Director: Igor Maslennikov Cast: Alla Demidova, Alexei Guskov, Nina Urgant, Zoya Buryak. |
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Euphoria (2006) Эйфория |
| Genre: Drama Director: Ivan Vyrypaev Cast: Polina Agureyeva, Mikhail Okunev, Maxim Ushakov |
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Ellipsis(2006) Многоточие |
| Genre: Drama Director: Andrei Eshpai Cast: Evgeniya Simonova, Igor Mirkurbanov, Sergei Dontsov. |
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Heat (2006) Жара |
| Genre: Comedy Director: Rezo Gigineishvili Cast: Anna Mikhalkova, Mikhail Grebenschikov, Dmitry Shevchenko, Anastasia Seglia |
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Beat the Enemy (2007) Агит бригада - 'Бей врага' |
| Genre: Drama Director: Vitali Melnikov Cast: Viktor Sukhorukov, Kirill Pirogov, Natalia Tkachenko, Anna Danilova |
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Wolfhound (2006) Волкодав |
| Genre: Fantasy/Adventure Director: Nikolai Lebedev Cast: Alexander Buharov, Oksana Akinshina, Igor Petrenko, Alexander Domogarov, Natalia Varley, Andrei Rudensky, Nina Usatova Duration: 136 minutes Synopsis: Wolfhound smashed all records at the Russian box office in 2006, delivering high class fantasy with enough magic sword wielding muscle and dark arts sorcery to satisfy any feverish imagination. Wolfhound is the sole survivor of his clan the Grey Dogs, wiped out by an evil war lord who steals his father's magic sword. This wonderful sword and sorcery fantasy set in medieval Russia, follows the journey of one man hell bent on revenge. Pitted against human rivals and supernatural enemies, Wolfhound and his companion the earth-bound bat undertake a journey of epic proportions and mystery. Facts:
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The Island (2006) Остров |
| Genre: Drama Director: Pavel Lunghin Cast: Pyotr Mamonov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Dmitri Dyuzhev, Yuri Kuznetsov, Viktoriya Isakova Duration: 110 minutes Synopsis: This highly acclaimed, multi-award winning film takes a meditative look at redemption and forgiveness through the eyes of a self-exiled Russian priest, Father Anatoly, living on a cold windswept island in the stern landscape of the Russian North. In the tradition of the holy fool, Father Anatoly relishes his harsh existence and takes comfort in self-deprivation (he sleeps on a bed of coal). His wish to be left alone often causes him to behave in an inexplicable and deranged manner that leads to both frustration and inspiration in his fellow priests and visiting locals looking for miracles. The Island is a masterful and often comedic contemplation on the human need to believe in God and how to reconcile spirituality with the corruptibility of the world and our own nature. Beautifully enacted against the backdrop of snow-covered rocky islands, icy water, and lowering white skies. Awards:
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Day Watch (2006) Дневной Дозор |
| Genre: Thriller/Fantasy Director: Timur Bekmambetov Cast: Konstantin Khabensky, Mariya Poroshina, Vladimir Menshov, Galina Tyunina Duration: 133 min Rating: MA 15+ Synopsis: Day Watch is the highly anticipated sequel to the excellent vampire thriller Night Watch which broke all post-Soviet box office records in 2004. Day Watch has continued the excitement, proving doubly successful and doubly loved. Recently screening at the Sydney Film Festival to great acclaim, it will debut nationally at the 2007 Russian Resurrection Film Festival before enjoying a limited release through cinemas across the country. A dazzling mix of state-of-the-art visual effects, amazing action sequences, and nail-biting horror set in contemporary Moscow. Day Watch revolves around the conflict and balance maintained between the forces of light and darkness -- the result of a medieval truce between the opposing sides. This ancient war is set to reach its tragic peak as both sides have gained a powerful Great Other, with the films reluctant hero Anton, again caught in the middle. Facts:
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Franz and Polina (2006) Франц и Полина |
| Genre: War Director: Michael Segal Cast: Svetlana Ivanova, Adrian Topol, Andrey Merzlikin, Tamara Mironova, Uve Yellinek. Duration: 120 minutes Synopsis: Multi-Award winning and highly regarded internationally, this sweeping story of love and loss is set against the harsh landscape of the Second World War. Franz, a young German soldier, is billeted in a small Belorussian village with his unit. The language barrier helps to create an illusion of calm as the soldiers relax into the peaceful village lifestyle. Franz lives in the home of Polina and her mother, and the two form a tentative bond. However the village inevitably falls under the "burnt earth" strategy of the retreating German army, and all innocence is totally destroyed in the aftermath. All notions of nationhood are put to the test as the two young lovers must choose between loyalties to country or to humanity. Awards:
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Russian Money (2006) Русские Деньги |
| Genre: Comedy Director: Igor Maslennikov Starring: Alla Demidova, Alexei Guskov, Nina Urgant, Zoya Buryak. Duration: 115 minutes Synopsis: Based on the Alexander Ostrovksy play Wolves & Sheep, Russian Money takes a comical look at the manipulations and love intrigues of the upper class of 19th century Russia with plenty of present-day relevance thrown in with crooked manipulations and double dealings galore. In this provincial saga, fans of Jane Austen's novels will find plenty to enjoy, with a sharp comedic wit shining through all interactions, from masters to servants, and neighbours who decorously pay one another polite visits while hiding their true motives. Facts:
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Euphoria (2006) Эйфория |
| Genre: Drama Director: Ivan Vyrypaev Cast: Polina Agureyeva, Mikhail Okunev, Maxim Ushakov Duration: 73 minutes Synopsis: This beautifully crafted multi-award winning drama revolves around the secret passion between two lost souls at the forgotten end of the world. The hauntingly desolate landscape of the Russian plains is reflected in the sparse dialogue of this mesmerising film, in which the characters play out a seemingly naive inability to take control of their lives. However it is from this minimalism that a deep well of passion of both innocent and destructive qualities emerge, creating that elusive feeling of Euphoria felt by the characters in this drama and the audience alike. Russian art house filmmaking at its best. Awards:
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Ellipsis (2006) Многоточие |
| Genre: Drama Director: Andrei Eshpai Cast: Evgeniya Simonova, Igor Mirkurbanov, Sergei Dontsov, Duration: 104 minutes Synopsis: Internationally award winning, Ellipsis is set in 1960's Russia, and tells the story of Kira Georgievna, a vibrant, successful Russian Sculptress who leads a comfortable life married to Nikolai, an older painter. They are both totally engrossed in their artistic pursuits, until the unexpected arrival of Kira's first husband forces her out of her bubble. Twenty-five years earlier, Vadim had fallen prey to the repressions of the Stalinist purges, spending 20 years in prison in Siberia. Curiosity leads him to search out Kira, however his return to Moscow is complicated in due course by the arrival of his new wife and child. A bittersweet testimony to love, life and sacrifice, examining the temptation to revisit the past while playing with all the dangers of destroying the present. Awards:
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Heat (2006) Жара |
| Genre: Comedy Director: Rezo Gigineishvili Cast: Anna Mikhalkova, Mikhail Grebenschikov, Dmitry Shevchenko, Anastasia Seglia Duration: 95 minutes Synopsis: Romping in at the Russian box office to take the No. 1 position for 2007, this feel good comedy follows a group of (gorgeous) young men who as old school friends, reunite after several years of separation, spent pursuing their own paths. Problems with paying the bill after their catch-up lunch lead each one on separate screw ball adventures, to ultimately end up together again, recognising what friendship means to them. In the same vein as Love Actually, this contemporary feel-good comedy takes a merry path through modern-day Moscow, with a cast of beautiful young things offering a hint of bittersweet reality amongst its shine. Facts:
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Beat the Enemy (2007) Агит бригада - 'Бей врага' |
| Genre: Tragic Comedy Director: Vitali Melnikov Cast: Viktor Sukhorukov, Kirill Pirogov, Natalia Tkachenko, Anna Danilova Duration: 122 minutes Synopsis: Debuting at the Moscow Film Festival this year, Beat the Enemy will have its world-wide premiere at the 2007 Russian Resurrection Film Festival in Australia. The film follows the journey of a hastily assembled propaganda unit composed of exiled artists and actors in the waning months of the Second World War. They are sent on a mission down a remote Siberian river to spread the triumphant word of Soviet military feats among isolated communities. Along their travels the self-styled propagandists' meet up with the banished Volga Germans and Orthodox sects who have found a sanctuary in the most inaccessible and far-flung places. As well, it openly depicts boats transporting Kalmyk and Baltic deportees to the Siberian netherworld, an appalling operation decreed by Stalin but never before presented this way on the big screen. It is a haunting and refreshing look at the murky history of soviet Russia in the final hours of WWII. Facts:
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Relations (2006) Cвязь |
| Genre: Drama Director: Avdotya Smirnova Cast: Anna Mikhalkova, Mikhail Grebenschikov, Dmitry Shevchenko, Anastasia Seglia, Duration: 84 minutes Synopsis: The award-winning Relations cuts straight to the heart of love in a modern day marriage, where it appears infidelity has become an omnipresent and unremarkable phenomenon-both for men and women, in both Russia as in the rest of the world. No reason is ever given for the affair between Nina, a middle-class advertising agent who lives in St. Petersburg and Ilia, a prosperous upper-class businessman from Moscow. On the surface we witness what appears to be a blasé cliché, too easily accepted as the norm. What we cannot escape in the end is that the reality always goes deeper for everyone involved, reminding us of human truths we shouldn't ignore. Awards:
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War and Peace (1968) Война и Мир |
 Genre: DramaDirector: Sergei Bondarchuk Cast: Lyudmila Savelyera, Vyacheslav Tichonov, Gennadi Ivanov, Irina Gubanova Duration: 505 minutes Rating: G Synopsis: Sergei Bondarchuk's epic 8+ hour marathon adaptation of Tolstoy's classic War & Peace surpasses all else on scales of grandeur, ambition, exacting details and expense. This multi-award winning masterpiece (including the 1969 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film) is rewardingly obsessive in its accurate depiction of Tolstoy's tale of five families set against the magnificently described background of Napoleon's Invasion of Russia in 1812. Bondarchuk's unsurpassed perfection as Director has created a super-spectacular that puts all modern computer generated effects-laden films to shame. It is breathtaking to witness the 40 minute re-enactment of the battle of Borodino, staged with 120,000 men and 800 horses, or the looting and burning of Moscow, or the fairy tale ballrooms and grandeurs of that city's pre-1812 elegance. Perhaps the greatest movie ever made of the greatest tale ever written, War and Peace is also the most expensive film ever made, clocking in at $US 560 million (in adjusted figures). Awards:
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Crime & Punishment (1969) Преступление и Наказание |
| Genre: Drama Director: Lev Kulidzhanov Cast: Georgi Taratorkin, Innokenti Smoktunovsky Duration: 221 minutes Rating: PG Synopsis: This stunning and emotionally charged adaptation of the classic novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, an impoverished St Petersburg student who formulates and executes a plan to kill a hated, unscrupulous pawnbroker for her money, thereby solving his financial problems and at the same time, he argues, ridding the world of evil. Shot beautifully in wide screen black-and-white, the film is completely true to the written work, and glows with a sense of realism. Of note is the performance of Innokenty Smoktunovsky, arguably one of Russia's most talented actors, whose memorising and emotionally driven portrayal of Raskolnikov presents as a forerunner to Jack Nicholson's famed role in The Shining, slipping in and out of insanity and absolutely captivating from start to finish. Facts:
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Hamlet (1964) Гамлет |
| Genre: Drama Director: Grigori Kozintsev Cast: Innokenti Smoktunovsky, Mikhail Nazvanoz, Elza Radzina, Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Yuri Tolubeyev Duration: 140 minutes Synopsis: Considered by many as the finest screen adaptation of Shakespeare's greatest work, Kozintsev's multi-award winning Hamlet is a haunting experience. The malevolence afoot in the state of Denmark is magnificently captured by the brooding black and white cinematography and the dark, dramatic score by renowned Russian composer Shostakovich. Leading film historian Richard Dyer wrote in the Boston Globe: "Paradoxically, the two most powerful films of Shakespeare's plays (Hamlet and King Lear) were made not in Great Britain but in the Soviet Union." Awards:
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Brothers Karamazov (1969) Братья Карамазовы |
| Genre: Director: Kiril Lavrov Cast: Mikhail Ulyanov, Lionella Pyryeva, Kiril Lavrov, Andrei Miagkov Duration: 232 minutes Rating: G Synopsis: The Brothers Karamazov is Dostoyevsky's final novel, and is generally considered the culmination of his life's work. This magnificent adaptation, nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1970, centres around the murder of the evil Fyodor Karamazov and the effect his death has on his four sons, who all share varying degrees of complicity. Dmitri is a soldier, Ivan an intellectual, Alyosha is a religious mystic and Smerdyakov was a servant in Fyodor's house. The film brings to life the spiritual conflicts between the four brothers, focusing on the moral struggles between faith, doubt, reason and free will. It also brilliantly dramatizes Dostoyevsky's fascination for psychological analysis of the problems inherent in the co-existence between good and evil. Awards:
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| Chauvel Cinema Cnr Oatley Road & Oxford Street Paddington Infoline: 02 9361 5398 www.chauvelcinema.net.au Sydney Session Times Tickets are available: Online www.mca-tix.com (Booking Fee Applies) Phone 1300 306 776 Mon-Fri 9am-5pm; Sat 9am-1pm (Booking Fee Applies) In Person Daily from 1.30pm (and 30 min prior to earlier sessions) at the Chauvel Cinema Box Office Opening Night $40 (Includes Reception) 5 Film Pass $65 (Ex. Opening Night/Day Watch/War & Peace) Day Watch $20 (Inc. Stolichnaya Vodka before the screening) War & Peace $20 (Inc. Refreshments in Intermission) Adult $16 Concession $13.50 1 1 Eligible Concessions: Palace Movie Club Members, Full time Students (photo ID required), Senior Citizens, Health Care Card Holders, Pensioners. The cardholder must present a current ID card in order to gain the concession |
Palace Como Corner of Toorak Rd and Chapel Street, South Yarra 03 9827 7533 Melbourne Session Times Tickets are available: Online www.palacecinemas.com.au Phone 03 9827 7533 (Como) 1 In Person Daily from 11.30am at the Cinema Como Box Office. Opening Night $40 (Includes Reception) 5 Film Pass (Ex. Opening Night/Day Watch/War & Peace) Day Watch $20 (Inc. Stolichnaya Vodka before the screening) War & Peace $20 (Inc. Refreshments in Intermission) Adult $16 Concession $13.502 1Telephone bookings by Credit Card only. Credit Card is debited at time of booking and must be produced when collecting tickets. Credit card transactions by phone will incur a fee of $1 per ticket. There are no booking fees for purchasing at cinemas. 2 Eligible Concessions: Palace Movie Club Members, Full time Students (photo ID required), Senior Citizens, Health Care Card Holders, Pensioners. The cardholder must present a current ID card in order to gain the concession. |
Palace Centro 39 James Street, Fortitude Valley 07 3852 4488 Brisbane Session Times Tickets are available: Online www.palacecinemas.com.au Phone 07 3852 4488 (Mon-Fri 10.30am - 5.00pm) 1 In Person Daily from 10.30am (and 30 min prior to earlier sessions) at the Centro Cinema Box Office Day Watch $20 (Inc. Stolichnaya Vodka before the screening) War & Peace $20 (Inc. Refreshments in Intermission) Adult $15 Concession $13.502 1 Telephone bookings by Credit Card only. Credit Card is debited at time of booking and must be produced when collecting tickets. Opening Night $35 (Includes Reception) 5 Film Pass $65 (Excludes Opening Night/Day Watch/War & Peace) 2 Eligible Concessions: Palace Movie Club Members, Full time Students (photo ID required), Senior Citizens, Health Care Card Holders, Pensioners. The cardholder must present a current ID card in order to gain the concession. |
Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas 274 Rundle Street Adelaide SA 5000 Tel: 08 8232 3434 Adelaide Session Times Tickets are available: Online www.palacenova.com In Person Daily from 11.00am at the cinema box office.1 Opening Night $30 (Includes Reception) 5 Film Pass $60 (Ex. Opening Night/Day Watch) Day Watch $20 (Inc. Stolichnaya Vodka before screening) Adult $15 Concession $12.002 1Please note the cinema accepts cash only and does not take telephone bookings. School and group booking discounts are available (20+ persons) please call 8232 3434 for details 2 Eligible Concessions: Palace Nova Movie Club Members, Full time Students (photo ID required), Senior Citizens, Health Care Card Holders, Pensioners. The cardholder must present a current ID card in order to gain the concession. |
Cinema Paradiso 164 James Street, Northbridge Enquiries Phone 08 9227 1771 1 Perth Session Times Tickets are available: Online www.lunapalace.com.au In Person Daily from 11.00am (and 30 min prior to earlier sessions) at the Cinema Paradiso Box Office Opening Night $35 (Includes Reception) 5 Film Pass $65/$52.50 con. (Ex. Opening Night/Day Watch) Day Watch $20 (Inc. Stolichnaya Vodka before screening) Adult $15 Concession $12.502 1No Phone Bookings. School & group booking discounts are available (20+ persons) please call 9227 1771 for details. Cinema Paradiso accepts CASH ONLY.2 Eligible Concessions: Luna Palace Privilege Card Members, Full time Students (photo ID required), Senior Citizens, Health Care Card Holders, Pensioners. The cardholder must present a current ID card in order to gain the concession. Luna Palace complimentary passes, cinema promotions and free ticket offers are not valid for the festival. |
Greater Union Manuka 6 Franklin Street Manuka Ph: 02 6295 2436 Canberra Session Times Tickets are available: Online www.greaterunion.com.au In Person Daily from 10.00am at the cinema box office. Opening Night $30 (Includes Reception) Day Watch $20 (Inc. Stolichnaya Vodka before screening) War & Peace $20 (Inc. Refreshements in Intermission) Adult $15 Concession $10.801 Please note the cinema does not take telephone bookings. 1Eligible Concessions: Full time Students (photo ID required), Senior Citizens, Health Care Card Holders, Pensioners, Cinebuzz Members. The cardholder must present a current ID card in order to gain the concession. |
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