A young boy dreams of going to the junior sumo wrestling tournament in Tokyo to find his father and make him proud. That is until a global pandemic turns the world upside down.
Twenty-year-old Elya is a student and a future ecologist. One day, Matvey, the head of a construction company, comes to her university to talk about a development plan on the site of an old forest park. Elya does not hesitate to smash his project to smithereens. Matvey is intrigued by the girl's self-confidence and uses his usual methods of influence - he simply tries to "buy" her. But Elya doesn't need a sponsor. Then Matvey, surprised by her impregnability, offers Elya a bet: seven romantic days according to his rules. If after that the girl still decides to leave, he will refuse to build a skyscraper in the forest park. She agrees when Matvey really suspends the design work. Elya sees herself as something like the heroine of the film Pretty Woman, but Matvey turns out to be not at all the person she imagined.
Moscow, summer 2016. A new lecture, a new guest lecturer (non other than renowned American actor and director, John Malkovich) and a new theme: “How to preserve love in the modern world” – five short stories about love. Some hilarious, some moving, all thought-provoking! The heroes suffer, struggle for love and often find themselves in absurd and ridiculous situations. Yet their trust in love, is even more real. Recommended for adults only, About Love is a must-see.
Dark Spell is a story about the girl named Zhenya who suffers from being in love with her husband that has left her, so she decides to bring him back. Desperate heroine casts a spell called "Black Wedding", which is a magical ritual known for its great power and irreversibility. After the ritual, her beloved husband comes back, although his love becomes more like an obsession: he is even ready to kill Zhenya, so as not to give her to anyone. When the maddened husband dies, the spell does not stop: because even death will not part those who were betrothed by the demon of black wedding.
Soldier Ivan Denisovich Shukhov was taken prisoner by the Germans, and after leaving it, he ended up in his homeland as a prisoner and he began to build a giant space industry plant. In conditions of hunger, humiliation and fear, he managed to maintain honesty and openness to the world, but will he be able to go free and meet with his daughters?
高尔察克(康斯坦丁·哈宾斯基 Konstantin Khabensky 饰)是俄国海军上将,他有着卓越的将才,指挥战舰在一战中屡建战功,并受到亲王亲自授勋。年轻英俊,风华正茂,大好前途在他面前展开,爱情也自然如约到来,在一次酒会上,高尔察克遇见了美丽的安娜(Elizaveta Boyarskaya 饰),可惜她当时已嫁作人妇,但两个人难以掩饰彼此吸引,安娜不惜为他离开自己的丈夫。时局动荡,沙皇倒台,十月革命爆发,惯于忠诚的高尔察克在内战中执着尽力,也无法抵抗白色政权的瓦解,高尔察克遭到出卖,被苏维埃政权秘密处决,而安娜被苏维埃政府关押了37年,最终释放,她对高尔察克仍至死不渝。
Gosha is a trucker; he delivers goods to remote Arctic parts of Yakutia. He is a monopolist and his services are expensive. His greed lures him into making a run without a backup-driver. His truck breaks down in the middle of the road. Gosha is trying to fix it when an accident occurs. Now he is face to face with ruthless Arctic wilderness and death is only one breath away.
为了追缉跨国犯罪分子,俄罗斯情报局特工伊戈尔•克列姆涅夫(弗拉基米尔•叶皮凡采夫 V. Yepifantsev 饰)来到哥伦比亚,但是行动失败,手下全部丧生。这让伊戈尔备受指责,他百口莫辩,被降职。为了戴罪立功,他接受了俄罗斯石油大亨索尔金的案子,后者被控偷税漏税并企图颠覆政府。伊戈尔去欧洲缉拿知悉索尔金犯罪证据的米哈伊尔•谢里克。期间,他结识了身材火辣、身手不凡的女间谍奥拉娃(奥莉加•法捷耶娃 Olga Fadeyeva 饰)。起初,伊戈尔误认为奥拉娃是敌人一伙,幸好同伴提醒,才让对方表明心迹,同仇敌忾。两人密切配合并取得了很好的战绩。某夜,伊戈尔正在淋浴,奥拉娃突然闯入,色诱于他。两人激情缠绵之时,她却用早已藏好的针管插入了他的身体,原来这一切不过是个阴谋……
苏联解体后那个“疯狂的九十年代”,在俄罗斯北方一座工业城市。主人公伊万是一名雅库特人(少数族裔),因为20多年前那场不光彩的茹侵阿富汗战争留下了脑震荡,现在是一家锅炉房里的工人。一位当地的黑道大佬是伊万从前的战友,常常利用锅炉房来毁尸灭迹,“没关系,他们都是一些坏人”,如此,他安慰伊万说。但直到有一天,当Skryabin的女儿因抢走了这位朋友女儿的男友而被送进锅炉时,伊万才开始醒悟。战争并没有结束。 影片是一部极端残酷的暴力现实主义作品,可谓延续了阿历克塞·巴拉巴诺夫一贯大胆黑色的风格。他执导的《兄弟》、《畸零与色情》等片让主流媒体难以接受,克里姆林宫最喜欢的导演Nikita Mikhalkov(《毒太阳》)也曾出面攻击称《兄弟》的主人公“充满破坏欲”,“荼毒青少年的思想”。不过在2010年底俄国影评人们颁出的“白象”奖中,《火炉工》摘得了最佳影片、最佳导演在内四项大奖,成为最大赢家。