A selection of engaging Russian movies will be showcased at the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, to be held from July 6 to 17. Some will vie for the coveted Palme d’Or and others will play outside the hustle and bustle of film competition.
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Next week at SBS on Demand is a Brazilian comedy, Spanish thriller, Italian medical drama and S2 of an American drama.
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All six episodes available to stream. In Portuguese with English subtitles.
This story follows the adventures of a new widow, Sofia (Natália Lage), a housewife who sees her perfect life fall apart after her husband’s sudden death and the discovery that she has inherited a pornographic film production company called SofiX. The widow is forced to take over her husband’s business, but decides to make radical changes, including making films that she considers to be in good taste.
MK2 Films Boards Russian Satirical Drama House Arrest; Reveals First Still (EXCLUSIVE)
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MK2 Films has come on board to handle world sales on “House Arrest,” a satirical drama directed by critically acclaimed Russian helmer Aleksey German Jr. (“Dovlatov”) that tackles Russia’s judicial system.
“House Arrest” follows David, a Russian university professor who takes to social media to criticize his city’s administration and the Mayor’s dodgy dealings. But David soon finds himself accused of embezzlement and placed under house arrest. Despite the overbearing surveillance, double-crossing acquaintances, and growing media interest, David remains defiant and will not apologize.
Russian Movie Night: 7 Literary Works on Screen
Sit back while Russian literature plays out on the home theater. Life and Fate Moskino
One of the first complaints students and lovers of literature have about Russian novels: They re so long! That might be because they were written over long, long winters, or maybe just because the authors have a lot to say. In any case, that makes them perfect for long, multi-episode series that are great for holiday viewing.
“Life and Fate” (2012)
This 2012 Russian adaptation of Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate is an understandably condensed version of the epic novel, which was not published until the 1980s, two decades after the author’s death. Grossman’s novel was dubbed the “Soviet War and Peace” and examines the lives of individual citizens caught up in the maelstrom of World War II. Toggling between the Battle of Stalingrad and the home front life of evacuees from Moscow, this we