Captain Fedor Volkonogov works in law enforcement. He is on the good books of the management, and his colleagues respect him. But one day, his life abruptly changes: he is declared a criminal. The Captain manages to run away before he is arrested. Suddenly he turns into an outcast, whom his former colleagues search across the whole city. At night Volkonogov is visited by a messenger from the other world, who warns him that after death he will go hell and be tormented forever. But he has an opportunity to change his fate and get to paradise if he repents, and at least one person forgives him. The Captain embarks on his way to find forgiveness. But he cannot even fathom what tests are awaiting him on this way.
A refrigerator truck with naked bodies of four females is found on the border of Finland. Each of the girls share the same neck tattoo that resembles a house. The identities of the the girls are yet to be found. Three years later, the police arrest Valeria Mazyane, an orphaned girl and a recent Islam convert who lives in Moscow in a Kyrgyz immigrant community. The police believe she killed her husband’s brother. It turns out that Valeria is not an orphan after all, and her past is as mysterious as the man’s murder. And under her wedding hijab, there’s a familiar house tattoo.
A young anarchist Karamora and his lover, Alina are caught–up in a confrontation with members of a powerful organization which costs Alina her life. Devastated, Karamora wants vengeance but this ancient secret order’s tentacles are everywhere, with depth and reach far beyond human capabilities. Karamora uncovers classified information that goes right to the heart of this arcane organization only to find out that real power lies elsewhere. Who are they, and will Karamora find peace once the truth is revealed?
Maybe you've seen or heard these phrases on Instagram, in a coffee shop, at an event, from friends, maybe you even use the app and already provide your grandparents with food baskets every month. Just six months ago, no one knew about "Help" and how easy it really is to help. But thanks to a group of people who have decided that they will talk about helping others in the language of technology and modern media, we are increasingly seeing a circle held by two brackets in different cities of the country. This film contains a brief history of "Help" for those who do not know anything about it, an introduction to the team that is mad in its bravery, as well as the cycle of events that is happening with "Help" now. A trip to Sasha Gudkov's hometown, a trip and a performance of the team at the Avaz festival in Kazan, where they work in a car, on a boat, walking around the city, coming to concerts and talk a lot about "Help".
On July 30, 2018, documentary filmmaker Alexander Rastorguev was killed in the Central African Republic. He left a unique mark on Russian cinema, but managed to do much less than he could. "Rastorguev" - a portrait of one of the brightest and most free filmmakers of our time; direct speech and fragments of films, forming a single statement about the meaning of art, homeland and pain.
Valeriy Pecheykin's one-man theatrical piece explores and celebrates the life of Prince Vladimir Fyodorovich Odoyevsky, an aristocratic 19th-century Russian polyglot. Using inventive mechanical, musical, and acrobatic set devices, the play sketches out boundaries of Odoyevsky's eccentric character by imagining his pursuits across time and place.
The matriarchal clan led by gorgeous Margarita enters a turbulent period when her son loses his beloved fiancée. Using the structure of a repetitive ritual, the action spans years but takes place mostly during the annual gatherings of Margarita's extraordinary family in their mansion on New Year's Eve. Margarita believes in the magical 13th hour that can break the eternal circle of repetition, defeat death and bring her much-awaited love.
The events of the series unfold in the quiet town of Lytk Angeles, Massachusetts. Every gang has its rightful place here. Colombians smoke plantain, the Irish sip beer, and the Chinese eat noodles. But one day, evil Russian communists descend on Lytk-Angeles and bring sugar with them. They seize control of the production of nesting dolls (a traditional Yugoslav business) and plant the whole city on white powder.
24-year-old Platon is not quite clear about what to do with his life. Because of his parents’ connections, he ends up as junior employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After less than a week, he receives an absurd — and almost impossible — task from his eccentric boss. To his help comes Pasha, his friend and flatmate. The young lads understand that for an unusual problem they need an unusual solution.
"The Departed" is a series about two astronauts who are being tested in self—isolation for a flight to Mars. After the successful launch of SpaceX, human spaceflight became even closer and more accessible, so it's not even clear if this is a fictional plot or a very real training in the company of Elon Musk.
Nikita Andreevich Kukushkin (Russian: Никита Андреевич Кукушкин; born November 14, 1990, Moscow) is a Russian theater and film actor, public figure. One of the leading actors of the Gogol-Center. He studied at a school with a theatrical bias "Class-center". As a teenager, he performed in the Children's Musical Theater of a young actor. Later, he entered the College of Culture in absentia, but took the documents after several months of study. Then he studied in the class of Kirill Serebrennikov at the Moscow Art Theater Studio School, after graduation he continued to work under the guidance of Serebrennikov at the Seventh Studio and the Gogol Center. He plays in most of the theater's performances. In 2019, he staged his first directorial work at the Gogol Center, the play "Bozhenka" based on the play by Valery Pecheykin. For his performance in the movie "Correction Class" he received a Special jury Prize of the Amur Autumn Festival. He starred in supporting roles in the films "Okolofootball", "Harms", "Captain Volkonogov Ran", "Attraction", the television series "Method", "Walking through the Torments", "Call Center". In 2020, he starred in the dystopian web series about Russia of the future "amroN" by the famous theater director Maxim Didenko. Kukushkin often appears in other popular video works, for example, video clips. A volunteer, he is the organizer of a number of charity projects, such as the "Good Box" (assistance to the poor) and "#yavpomosh" (assistance to pensioners during the coronavirus pandemic). Participated in flood relief in the Krasnodar Territory. Together with other famous actors, he recorded a video in support of the defendants in the "Moscow Case". In December 2020, he launched a new charity initiative "Help". As part of the initiative, a mobile application has been created in which the profiles of real people in need of help, as well as their stories, are displayed on the map. Users of the service donate funds, for example, to a consumer basket. The service reports quarterly and annually to users, providing photos and receipts of purchases made.
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