The action unfolds in our days, in the small Volga town of Kalinov, where nothing has changed since the days of Alexander Ostrovsky’s classical play: if any rays of light do appear in the dark empire, then they are doomed to perish quietly in the general absurdity and ignorance, or shine brightly as a token…
In the beautiful Gulangyu Island, there is a special inn “Monkey Year”. Although the inn business is deserted, the innkeeper Hu Fan (Zhang Lei) is still waiting for vacation season. His past is unknown, even the overbearing waiter Ma Yue (who stays with him all the time) Dong Lifan also doesn’t know. Some people speculate…
It lasts for 90 minutes and is produced in five chapters, which relate to each other.
In the regional centre Kuznetsky the mayor has been killed in his office. The murderer is Dimur Kavsadze, in charge of commercial construction work for the city administration. A squall of public concern beleaguers the city. Alexander Danilin is an undercover curator, an intermediary between the business and the authorities; he tries to eliminate trouble…
The 1990s. Empty shelves in the shops, an economic abyss and criminal dramas that unfold literally at every corner. The young leader of a criminal gang Anton Bykov, with the nickname “Bull”, must make money in whatever way to provide for his family. After a local shootout, Anton ends up in the police station, from…
While participating in a rehabilitation program training wild mustangs, a convict at first struggles to connect with the horses and his fellow inmates, but he learns to confront his violent past as he soothes an especially feisty horse.
A self-contained and uniquely seductive world featuring custom built drones with live video feeds, laser set-design, opera singers and an original libretto that combines to drive a narrative of desire, fear and destruction.
Finn, Madison, and Johnny all have the worst lives – Finn has a mental disorder, near vision loss, and no friends outside of the trio, Madison has an abusive father, and Johnny has 2 dead parents and no one who really cares for him. Outside of school, they just want to have fun, be normal,…
A mano disarmata
A young woman enlists in an underground game of pain endurance in the hope of winning the million dollar prize. She soon learns the real opponent is the man who’s running the game, as he employs horrific methods to manipulate and defeat her.