Deadly Illusions
A limited list of films about the exciting and spectacular craft of illusionists has been added to the Russian project.
The idea of the tape belongs to the Safronov brothers, the images of the three main characters are largely copied from them.
And on the whole, the picture reflects many cases from real life.
The plot unfolds during the presentation of the Romanov brothers (Pavel Chinarev, Danila Yakushev, Andrei Burkovsky).
In their last show, before the end of their joint performances, the illusionists promise to reveal the secrets of seven deadly tricks.
An already dangerous performance turns into a nightmare when an unknown kidnaps the assistant and bride of one of the brothers (Aglaya Tarasova) and changes the action of the mechanisms for tricks.
More about the film - in an exclusive interview with Sergei Safronov RT.
"Run"
There is no trace of Leli's flair from the series "Deffchonki" around Polina Maksimova: so often in recent years, the actress has got used to vivid dramatic images.
Now the audience has the opportunity to see the actress in the central female role in the mystical thriller.
Maksimova played the police investigator Nastya, who investigates the murders of women and faces unexplained phenomena.
The professional athlete Sergey Borozdin performed by Evgeny Romantsov is somehow connected with the crimes.
The hero left the big sport after he got into a car accident.
Simultaneously, Borozdin began to see the past at the moments of the development of high speed.
The hero decides to use his gift to travel to the past and put an end to the murders.
The producer of "Run" Artyom Vitkin notes that the creators of the film "moved in the same direction" with Christopher Nolan, however, the film will not cause a negative reaction from the audience, who found "Argument" too complicated.
The Comeback Trail
Finding himself without money, Hollywood producer (and at the same time a professional liar) Max Barber decides to earn extra money on the death of another person.
He unfolds a western with a lot of stunts, only to take the leading man to the grave and receive an insurance payment.
However, the actor copes with the tests as if he possesses superpowers and is not at all going to die.
The Hollywood Scam was directed by George Gallo (Poison Rose, Mr. Olympia).
The central roles in the film were played by Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones, Morgan Freeman and Zach Braff.
In November, it became known that the US premiere of the film was postponed to 2021, but in Russia the release date remained the same.
"Locked" (Run)
The plot of the thriller "Locked Up" recalls the resonant story of the American Gypsy Rose Blanchard.
Her mother claimed that Gypsy was seriously ill, although this was not true.
The girl lived in isolation and was subjected to inadequate medical interventions.
The main character of the new film, performed by Sarah Paulson, alone brings up her 17-year-old daughter Chloe.
The girl had health problems from birth, she moves in a wheelchair, therefore she spends all the time at home and does not communicate with her peers.
She has to take many medications.
However, over time, Chloe realizes that the drugs only harm her.
As the film's original title suggests, the girl decides to flee.
Sarah Paulson's new image echoes her role in the miniseries Sister Ratched, a prequel to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
The role of Chloe Sherman was performed by Kira Allen.
The actress, like her character, is confined to a wheelchair.
"Quarantine stories" (Relatos con-fin-a-dos)
Five directors - Miguel Bardem, Alvaro Fernandez Armero, Fernando Colomo, David Marquez and Juan Diego Botto - filmed a short film about people in quarantine.
The premiere took place in the summer, also in a space suitable for self-isolation - online, on the market of the Cannes Film Festival Marché du Film.
Latido Films CEO Antonio Saura notes that together, the five stories provide an interesting perspective on the life of an entire generation.
According to one of the producers of the project, Alvaro Longoria, although the action takes place under the conditions of restrictions imposed by the pandemic, not everything that happens is directly related to the lockdown.
The short stories tell how a young neighbor from the house across the street decides to meet a lonely elderly man, an experienced killer teaches a newcomer via video communication, and a football player from a famous club plans to switch to an acting career.
In addition to the content, short films differ in genre: among them there is a thriller, and a drama, and a black comedy.
"Come in large numbers"
In late autumn, the comic road movie of Sultan Khazhiroko will remind viewers of their summer vacation.
However, the main character Alexei (played by the star of "Peculiarities of the National Hunt" Semyon Strugachev) and his household performed by Elena Biryukova, Artyom Bashenin and Svetlana Yegorova did not have a vacation: instead of traveling to Spain, they had to go to the Caucasus, because somewhere there lives the father of Alexei, whom the hero has never seen.
The family will have to go through many adventures, immerse themselves in the culture of the peoples of the Caucasus and test the relationship for strength.
"Eternal Light" (Lux Æterna)
Gaspar Noé's new thriller was conceived as a 15-minute advertisement for the fashion house's products.
However, as a result of creative searches, the timing exceeded 50 minutes, and the tape acquired a plot and turned into a self-parody of the director with references to Jean-Luc Godard and Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Actresses Charlotte Gainsbourg and Beatrice Dahl play themselves.
The action is based on filming that went wrong.
Dahl the heroine is angry at the incompetence of the director and tries to take his place.
The producer is not happy with this state of affairs, which leads to the burning of the witch - partly metaphorical, partly due to the plot of the film within the film.
The picture is made in extremely bright colors.
Not without reason, Dostoevsky's quote about epilepsy appears in the tape - flickering shots of green, red and blue create a stroboscopic effect.