Things to Do at Home During the May Holidays: From Star Wars to Sapiens

Watch Drive My Car

DIRECTOR Yusuke is going to stage Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" for a theater festival in Hiroshima. The festival management hires a driver for him - a gloomy and silent Misaki. The widower Yuusuke soon becomes sympathetic to the girl, who also experienced the loss of a loved one. Get behind the wheel of my car is the main festival favorite of the season. The world premiere of the drama Ryusuke Hamaguchi took place in Cannes in 2021, where the picture left with three prizes. In 2022, Oscars, Golden Globes and the BAFTA British Academy Award were added to them.

"Radio day"

The comedy "Quartet I", which grew into a full-length film from a musical performance in 2001, the compositions for which were written by the "Accident" group. According to the plot, a force majeure happens at the Moscow radio station "Kak would radio": a live broadcast with popular musicians is about to start, but the topic turns out to be secondary: the competitor station is already running a life-marathon. The As if Radio team is discussing in a burning mode how to get out. Because if the situation is not saved, this day at the radio station may be their last day of work.

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"Patient Zero"

A series about the fight against the HIV epidemic in the Kalmyk ASSR in 1988. DOCTOR Kirsan Ayushev (Askar Ilyasov) tries to convince his colleagues that his patients have contracted the new virus, but to no avail. Then he sends the tests to Moscow. The capital in response sends a medical scientist Dmitry Goncharov (Nikita Efremov).

"Lucy and Desi"

Documentary project from Amy Poehler about how they met, fell in love and became business partners Lucy Ball and Desi Arnaz - the authors of one of the most influential shows in the history of American television - I Love Lucy.

"Memories of Murder"

Oscar-winning crime thriller Bong Joon-ho, which appeared long before "Parasite", but had a huge impact on world cinema and glorified Korean.

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"Compartment number 6"

A road movie on a train: a Russian shift worker and an intelligent Finnish student are traveling from Moscow to Karelia in the same compartment, heading to Karelia to see ancient petroglyphs. A conflict arises between the characters, but road conditions change the nature of the relationship. Starring Yura Borisov and Seidi Haarla. The film directed by Juho Kuosmanen won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.

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"Last Night in Soho"

Horror by Edgar Wright ("Like tough cops") that nostalgia does not lead to good. The heroine Eloise, who dreams of becoming a fashion designer, is constantly immersed in awe from the retro atmosphere of London in the 1960s. However, this obsession eventually takes on a material form: Eloise's dream of traveling through mid-twentieth-century London clubs as the singer Sandy magically comes true. Starring Thomasin McKenzie and Anya Taylor-Joy.

"Medea"

(2021, dir. Alexander Zeldovich)

The main character kills her brother, as in the ancient Greek tragedy of Euripides, and then, together with her lover, leaves RUSSIA for Israel. But modern Medea in a foreign country is waiting for only brewing resentment and revenge: quarrels and discord arise in relations with the chosen one, and the girl decides on a risky plan of revenge for betrayal.

"Superstar"

The painting by Bruno Dumont ("In the still waters") in the original is called "France". This is the name of the main character - the star of journalism France de Mer, who knows how to be impudent to the president, report from hot spots and shine in the spotlights of the national television studio with equal success. One day, France knocks down a migrant, and although he survives, the reputation and career of a journalist begin to crumble. France will have to reconsider his whole life, his beliefs and portray himself as a metaphor for all of France.

Léa Seydoux in the movie "Superstar" © Kinopoisk

"Star Wars"

May is traditionally considered Star Wars month by fans of the 1970s-era franchise created by George Lucas and influenced by the writings of Joseph Campbell and Akira Kurosawa (which included the 1976 Soviet-Japanese film Dersu Uzala, based on a novel by Vladimir Arseniev). Fans are celebrating Star Wars Day on May 4th, informally, but unitedly, around the world. If it so happens that you have not yet seen this space saga about the confrontation between the rebels of a powerful galactic empire (and do not know where the “Luke, I am your father!” meme originates from), it's time to get acquainted with it.

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Listen to the soundtrack to the film "Medea"

To the story of Alexander Zeldovich about Medea of ​​our days, the composer Alexei Retinsky wrote music so poignant that antiquity immediately intertwined with modernity, and the plot was overgrown with contexts not only verbal, but also musical. Now that these compositions have been released as a separate album, you can listen to them and discover your own.

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Audio performance "Solaris"

In orbit of the distant planet Solaris, an earthling space station is circling, the inhabitants of which, as if in a dream, are fascinated by their own past. Psychologist Chris Kelvin arrives at the station and, stepping on board, finds it in desolation. Something is clearly going on on the ship, and besides, in his own cabin, Calvin suddenly finds his beloved Hari, who committed suicide ten years ago after a quarrel with him.

Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Alexander Filippenko and other stars of the Russian stage played in the performance, recorded in 1961.

Shot from the film "Solaris" by Andrei Tarkovsky © Kinopoisk

Release of the podcast "The Decline of an Empire"

In this episode, a story is told about pre-revolutionary dentistry: how in tsarist Russia they took care of oral hygiene, whether they visited the dentist's office; who had fewer problems with their teeth - poor peasants or wealthy nobles? How were Nicholas II's teeth treated? The leader of the project, Andrey Aksenov, reveals the nerve of the dental interests of each person.

Release of the podcast "Way-Road"

The travel podcast by German Ivanov and Lena Tverdoy examines travel through the prism of history. The release about the city of Dubna near Moscow, which is considered not very popular among tourists, changes the listener's attitude towards this location. A science city with picturesque nature will be remembered not only for standard travel hacks, but also for historical stories. For example, about an atomic spy who betrayed American secrets to Soviet intelligence.

Release of the podcast "Time and Money"

The first episode of the second season of the historical show about the role of business, greed and money in the history of Russia tells how the envoys of King Edward VI of England sailed to CHINA , but sailed to Russia, but not only did not get confused, but even agreed with Ivan the Terrible on trade and diplomatic relations.

Sapiens. A Brief History of Mankind"

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Yuval Noah Harari, a professor at the Faculty of History at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, answers difficult and frightening questions: how did a reasonable person manage to conquer and subjugate an entire planet; where did the megafauna disappear to; how religions, money, states appeared; why in all societies women were placed below men; what is the future for all of us? The success of A Brief History of Humanity was marked by rave reviews from Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates.

Audio performance "The Master and Margarita"

Ksenia Rappoport, Maxim Sukhanov, Anton Shagin, Alexei Bagdasarov and other artists participated in the recording of the performance, which reproduces the full text of Mikhail Bulgakov's novel in the latest edition of Elena Bulgakova without any cuts or changes.

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