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Diego Star
A cargo ship is stuck on the Canadian Saint Lawrence River for repairs. Traoré, an Ivory Coast mechanic is unjustly accused of causing the damage.…Published on: -
Change of Fortune
A married woman is accused of killing her lover and barely regrets what she has done. Loosely based on a short story by Somerset Maugham,…Published on: -
The Delivery Guy
Alexey lives in asmall town near Moscow and delivers pizzas. One day he gets a dubious opportunity to make money for the treatment of his…Published on: -
Eternal Homecoming
A woman is paid a surprise visit by her long-forgotten classmate, who needs her advice: should he choose a wife or a lover? An outrageously…Published on: -
Two in One
Stylised and thoughtful absurdist Muratova film consists of two parts that intertwine with each other. Part one is set entirely in a theatre, part twoPublished on: -
Second Class Citizens
A woman tries to get rid of the body of her unloved husband who was accidentally killed by a doctor. Muratova calls this impetuous and…Published on: -
Donbass
Grotesque vignettes from the hell that is eastern Ukraine – war is peace; life increasingly seems like death.Published on: -
Ninotchka
Garbo laughs! Even if it takes a while before the female spy melts for the classic Lubitsch dialogue by Melvyn Douglas: “A Russian! I’ve been…Published on: -
Leto
Punky biopic about the legendary band Kino and the Leningrad underground music scene in the early 1980s. Full of surrealistic interludes and rebelliouPublished on: -
Core of the World
Compassion and rage are not far apart in the life of a troubled vet in the remote Russian countryside.Published on: