Mermaid 1997
An elderly monk, while training the young novice who will succeed him, recalls the mysterious lost love of his past - just as his young successor appears to be encountering her himself.
An elderly monk, while training the young novice who will succeed him, recalls the mysterious lost love of his past - just as his young successor appears to be encountering her himself.
An exploration of 20th century Russia, following the fusing of the Party and the state after the Russian Civil War, which opened the doors to corruption, resulting in the exiling of the left and right opposition. Described using a combination of historical settings, biographies and masterpieces from Russian avant-garde artists, composers and writers from this period in history.
A mystical thriller based on the meaning of the Ural folklore. A rare emerald was found in the taiga. It'll change a lot of owners, but happiness will bring to nobody. This about human passions and the mysterious mistress of the Copper mountain.
A semi-fictional account of the life of Russian poet Joseph Brodsky, who was forced into American exile in 1972.
Dog Mountain, the guardian of a mountain village, falls in love with a visiting girl. When she leaves, he goes into town to look for her. Faceless houses high to the sky, crowds of people, cars. All this turns out to be so much stronger than the hero that he even forgets who he is and why he is here. However, a flock of sheep from a mountain village comes to his aid.
Lola, a six years old little girl, lives with her mom and her 4 months old little brother in a very old countryside house.
The film is a journey through a fantastic country in which the erotic images of the films of the great Federico Fellini came to life, and Tonino Guerra himself acted as a guide. The heroes of the maestro’s paintings are sailing on a ship to the Enchanted Island. There everyone goes ashore except two - Federico Fellini and Juliet Mazina. Their wanderings continue.
Triumph and collapse of hope - the whole life of the Russian scientist Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay passes in an instant, at the last moment of earthly existence... Two worlds: the world of civilization and the world of nature exist simultaneously, next to one planet, but it seems that the distance between them is like from Earth to the moon. The film uses drawings and diaries of Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay, whom the Papuans called the "Man from the Moon" and revered as a deity.
The film is about why people should take care of our younger brothers and try to live in harmony with the animal world so that one day it does not disappear from the face of the Earth.
Hooligan manipulations with paintings by the artist Alexander Wojciechowski.
Grandmother loves and is waiting for her relatives. And relatives come. A little strange, but only at first glance.
Film by Andrey Khrzhanovsky based on the works of Joseph Brodsky.
A film based on Boris Shergin’s story “Mitya’s Love.” Mitya, a shipbuilder, walked to a theater in Solombala from Arkhangelsk. Along the way, he ran into a wind. Near him a girl, Maria Ivanovna, flew Mitya helped her fly to the theater and fell in love with her. They were able to confess their feelings for one another, but Maria Ivanovna then disappeared. What is Mitya to do? He decided to go around the whole city to find her. In the film, images by avant-garde Russian artists Mikhail Larionov and Natalia Goncharova and naïve artists Pavel Leonov and Lyubov Maikova are used.
When her parents are gone for their jobs, a little girl goes everywhere around the house to find her teddy bear, instead of playing the piano she was supposed to.
This is the amazing story of a pranky dwarf who helped Dr. Piatkine heal horribly obedient children who were over-educated.
A lone Fisherman catches a Woman with huge legs from the sea. Love and harmony instantly arise between them. The fisherman goes out in the morning to fish, The woman crushes the grapes with her huge legs. And in the evenings they dance tango together. But at some point everything goes awry. The huge legs of the Woman knock down the pillars of the house, smash the antique sculpture, and it is already impossible to stop this chaos.
The main character is a giant girl who likes ships a lot. One day a strong storm broke out in the port. One of the ships could not enter the port due to strong wind. The girl helps to moor the ship. One of the rescued sailors falls in love with her and tries to get her attention.
The film is about the transformation and inner liberation of the protagonist, who found himself in the bleak sequence of everyday life of an office worker.
An animated film based on the tale of Tonino Guerra, telling the story of the once famous circus duet - the lion and its owner, the story of how the famous lion Amadeo performed in the traveling circus of Signor Peretti.