Romantic comedy

In the faraway part of the world live ordinary people. Alex (Konstantin Lavrinenko), her wife Vera (Mariya Bonnevye), brother Mark (Alexander Baluyev), friend Kir (Maxim Shibayev) and two children. Together with wife and children Alex goes to the country house. There his wife weeps bitterly and then lets him know about her new pregnancy. “This child is not yours,” sounds the verdict to the happy family future. It is total mess in the head of Alex. Who is the father? Mark? Kir? Who should be blamed and killed? Impossibility to find out the truth drives him into the gloomy state. One by one slow but surprising events causes the terrible tragedy.

The second film by Andrey Zvyagintsev is endless (two hours and a half) as well as beautiful. Honestly, in the Russian cinematograph history, including also the Soviet period, one could hardly find the same trendy, visually filigree film. “The Expulsion” - is the benefit performance of the brilliant operator Mikhail Krichman. The particular pleasure brings to the viewer the film`s cast. It should be mentioned, that film is based on the story of William Saroyan and touches upon the subjects of mutual understanding in the triangle Man-Woman-God. According to the European critics Andrey Zvyagintsev was called due to “The Expulsion” the descendant of Tarkovsky and Bergman. If you are able to bear the 150 minutes of this parable, you would definitely appreciate this film.

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Directed by:

Andrey Zvyagintsev

Cast:

Konstantin Lavronenko, Alexander Baluyev, Maxim Shibayev, Mariya Bonnevye, Yekaterina Kulkina, Yelena Lyadova, Andrey Shibarshin, Dmitriy Ulyanov, Alexey Vertkov

Production:

Hélicotronc, REN FILM, Russia, 2007

Feature:

Drama

Duration:

150 min.

The weather was wonderful; the sun was shining brightly, Petersburg was going to celebrate its 300th anniversary. Olya slammed the car`s door and went for a walk along the radiant Nevsky avenue. «Hi, how are you?» asked Alyosha lost in contemplation of her. Firstly the girl didn`t want to keep up the ball, but Alyosha was persistent. And then they walked along the Nevsky, flirted, bought tickets to leave for Moscow at night. Olya told, how she imagined herself to be the Bill Clinton, how she loved horses and why it was impossible for her to sit down. Alyosha was surprised by the exact psychological characteristics Olya gave to the people around and to him also. Alyosha complained, that he had no luck with the girls. According to the words of Alyosha his best friend Petya could easily read the girls like a book. In order to prove Petya that love from first sight exists and that Olya is quite different from the previous girls, they agreed to meet Petya on the Dvortsovaya square.

Together they will walk through the city in real-time, find themselves in the crowd of joyous zenitovtsi, run up the Isakievsky sobor, come upon the Gipsy in tram and lose their money. They will also quarrel and make peace, will be caught in the rain…but all along the viewer might feel that Olya is holding something back…

Directed by:

Alexey Uchitel

Scenario:

Dunya Smirnova

Camera operators:

Yuriy Klimenko, Pavel Kostomarov

Cast:

Iryna Pegova, Pavel Barshak, Yeugeniy Tsiganov, Yeugeniy Grishkovets, Karen Badalov, Madlen Dzhabrailova, Andrey Kazakov, Alexey Kolubkov, Mikhail Krylov, Yekaterina Krupenina, Oleg Nyryan, Natalya Kurdyubova, Kseniya Kutepova, Polina Kutepova, Kirill Pirogov, Sergey Puskepalis, Tagir Nahimov, Yuriy Stepanov, Galina Tyunina, Rustem Yuskayev

Production:

TPO “Rok” with the assistance of Cinematography service by the Ministry of culture of Russian Federation, Russia, 2003

Feature:

Melodrama, Romantic comedy

Duration:

90 min.

Petersburg is not merely a city, it really could be a spiritual being, sometimes the same cheerful, sunny and romantic like in this movie. But even in this movie it reminds its origin and sucks down (not without reason it was built on the bog). For example, the young architect Maxim, working like famous Platonov as a street cleaner, wins a contest and has a promising possibility to go to Germany, but he wouldn’t make up his mind to do this.

At that time, Masha, full of energy, cheerful and very unusual girl, who is working a DJ on the Peter FM radio, is going to marry her time-tested serious and sober-minded playfellow. Suddenly the chance (it could be inspired by Peter) helps them to make such important life decisions: Masha accidentally looses her mobile phone and Maxim accidentally finds it.

Trailer:

Directed by:

Oksana Bychkova

Cast:

Yevgeny Tsyganov, Yekaterina Fedulova, Alexei Barabash, Natalia Reva, Irina Rakhmanov, Vladimir Mashkov, Alexander Bashirov, Tatyana Kravchenko, Kirill Pirogov, Robert Gorodetsky, Artyom Semakin, Andrei Krasko, Pavel Barshak

Production:

STS, Profit, Protel, Russia, 2006

Feature:

Melodrama, Romantic comedy

Duration:

85 min.

Official Site:

http://www.piter-fm.ru/

Once upon a time there lived three friends – unacknowledged painter (Andrew) and two translators (Garik and Styopik). One day uncomprehending Andrew`s father decides, that it is right time for his son to get married, inherit the father’s sweets factory and make his home in the interior. Surely real friends decide to help Andrew: together they run away by the tractor from the wedding and leave for Moscow. In the train Garik meets the girl with the last name Snezhynka and falls in love with her. Prankster-friends cheer her up during the way conquering the girl’s heart. The only problem is, that Snezhynka is married and lives in Holland. So, what shall they do now?

Trailer:

Directed by:

Pavel Bardin, Mger Mkrtachan

Cast:

Ivan Urgant
Daniel Spivakovsky
Ivan Stebunov
Emilia Spivak
Bogdan Stupka
Rimma Markova
Mikhail Efremov
Irina Kupchenko
Irina Slutskaya
Alexei Gorbunov

Production:

Film “SinePro”, Russia, 2007

Feature:

Romantic comedy

Duration:

90 min.