ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster’s Read More »
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: King of Blackmailers AKA Korol shantazha (1980) Igor Maslennikov, Vasiliy Livanov, Vitali Solomin, Rina Zelyonaya
Holmes and Watson return from Manor House to London by train and discuss the newly discovered crime Read More »
Don’t Go to Sleep (1982) Richard Lang, Dennis Weaver, Valerie Harper, Robin Ignico
A young girl (Mary) and her family move into a new home along with her Grandmother. Read More »
Caroline and the Rebels AKA Le fils de Caroline Cherie (1955) Jean-Devaivre, Jean-Claude Pascal, Alfred Adam, Daniel Ceccaldi
A young, innocent Brigitte Bardot plays the sister of the handsome French officer Juan D’Arandra. Read More »
Thrist of Passion AKA Zazda strasti (1991) Andrey Kharitonov, Evgeniy Bakhar, Mikhail Dolgopolov, Igor Kostolevskiy
The heroine has no name. She is passion itself, materialized in her sick imagination. Read More »
Can-Can (1960) Walter Lang, Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Maurice Chevalier
Montmartre, 1896: the Can-Can, the dance in which the women lift their skirts, is forbidden. Read More »
Burnt by the Sun AKA Utomlennye solntsem (1994) Nikita Mikhalkov, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Oleg Menshikov
Russia, 1936: revolutionary hero Colonel Kotov is spending an idyllic summer in his village Read More »
Sour Grape AKA Hndzan (1974) Bagrat Oganesyan, A. Isahakyan, Sos Sargsyan, H. Azizyan
Far behind the lines Vahe receives the news of his father’s death. Read More »
House of Tolerance AKA L’Apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close) (2011) Bertrand Bonello, Noémie Lvovsky, Hafsia Herzi, Céline Sallette
Life in an elegant Parisian brothel in the early twentieth century. Read More »
Constantine the Great AKA Costantino il grande (1961) Lionello De Felice, Irving Rapper, Cornel Wilde, Belinda Lee, Massimo Serato
Somewhat fictionalized dramatic account of Late Roman Emperor Constantine Read More »
Zone 39 (1996) John Tatoulis, Peter Phelps, Carolyn Bock, William Zappa
In a time of misery and fear two enemies come together to prevent an apocalypse conspired by their leaders. Read More »
The Excursionist AKA Ekskursante (2013) Audrius Juzenas, Anastasija Marcenkaite, Igor Savochkin, Kseniya Rappoport
The story of a ten year old girl who escapes from a deportee train and goes on a 6000 km long journey back to her homeland. Read More »
Alexandra AKA Aleksandra (2007) Aleksandr Sokurov, Galina Vishnevskaya, Vasily Shevtsov, Raisa Gichaeva
An elderly woman takes a train trip to visit her grandson at his army camp inside Chechnya. Read More »
White Mountains AKA Belyie gory (1965) Melis Ubukeyev, Shaarbek Kobaganov, A. Abayeva, Baken Kydykeyeva
While on the run in the mountains from the authorities Read More »
Me, Grandma, Iliko and Ilarion AKA Me, bebia, Iliko da Ilarioni (1962) Tengiz Abuladze, Sergo Orjonikidze, Sesilia Takaishvili, Aleksandre Jorjoliani
Grandma Olgha up-brings orphan Zurikela in poverty. Their struggle for life is being relieved by support Read More »