"The Favorite"


Last week, “Favorite” of Yorgos Lantimos, along with “Roma” Kouaron, was the leader in terms of the number of nominations for the main cinematic award “Oscar”. The past Golden Globe brought the film one award in the category “Best Actress in a Comedy”. Laureate of the Venice Film Festival Olivia Coleman and Oscar-winning actresses Rachel Weiss and Emma Stone starred.

The film takes place during the war between England and France for the Spanish inheritance. Queen Anne (Coleman) is experiencing health problems, and her favorite, the Duchess of Marlborough (Weiss), is actually engaged in the management of the English Empire. Once a relative of Marlborough, Lady Abigail (Stone) arrives in the palace, asking the duchess to get her a job. Lady Marlborough, experiencing compassion for the girl, takes her under her own patronage, thereby bringing her closer to Queen Anne.

"White Boy Rick" (White Boy Rick)


On January 31, another white drama about the drug business “White Boy Rick” with the participation of Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Jason Lee and Eddie Marsan is released in Russia. The rating of the film, produced by Darren Aranofsky, on IMDB at the time of publication of the digest was 6.5 points. The average rating on Rotten Tomatoes is 3.3 points out of five.

Biopic describes the history of the Versh family, which is engaged in raising awareness with the FBI about the drug business flourishing in Detroit in the 1980s. To do this, Versh Jr. enters into a gang of drug dealers. But soon, Rick Versh goes to the other side and is among the crack dealers. He is closely assimilated in the criminal business and becomes one of the youngest drug dealers in history.

“Mirai from the Future” (Mirai no Mirai)


The new anime director "Girls, who conquered time" Mamoru Hosodu claims to be an Oscar in the category "Best Animated Film." The animated film was also nominated for Golden Globe and the audience award at the San Sebastian festival.

Family adventure fantasy tells about a four-year-old boy named Kun, who after the birth of his younger sister Mirai suffers from a lack of attention from his parents. Eaten with discontent and jealousy, the boy comes up with a magical place where he meets with an already mature sister.

The Angel (El ángel)


The plot is based on the story of the Argentine serial killer Carlos Robledo Puig (in the film - Lorenzo Ferro), who committed a series of brutal crimes in Argentina in the early 1970s. At the time of his arrest, Puig was barely 20 years old. Because of its attractive appearance, some media outlets began to call the young man “the angel of death”.

The film, produced by Pedro Almodovar, became Ferro's acting debut. The director of the film, Louis Ortega, notes that the plot has little to do with the past of Robledo Puig. According to him, the picture is not biographical and is similar to the film about Bonnie and Clyde: "This is not a biopic, this is an independent story."

"Dawn"


Produced by Vladislav Severtsev (“The Queen of Spades”, “The Bride”) and Dmitry Litvinov (“The Bride”), the thriller became the debut director Pavel Sidorov. The rights to display the picture have already acquired the streaming service Netflix. The main actors are Oksana Akinshina, Aleksandra Drozdova, Anna Slyu, Alexander Molochnikov and Oleg Vasilkov.

In the story, the main character of the film, trying to cope with the loss of her brother and deal with the circumstances of her mother’s death, goes to the Institute of Somnology. There, she joins a group of people who want to cope with their own fears with the help of lucid dreams.

"Russian demon"


Svyatoslav Ivanov (Ivan Makarevich) - an artist-designer who dreams of marrying an old lover Asa (Lyubov Aksyonova). In an effort to become a worthy elect for the girl, he decides to open his own restaurant for a loan to his father-banker of the future bride. However, as soon as the hero takes on the implementation of the project, an opponent appears on his way.

The comedy thriller is the first in eight years full-length picture of the director “Eight and a half dollars” by Gregory of Constantinople. The film was awarded the prize for best direction at the festival "Kinotavr." In addition to Makarevich and Aksyonova, Yulia Aug, Mikhail Efremov, Viktoriya Isakova, Oleg Strizhenov and Kseniya Rappoport were featured in the film “The Russian Imp”.

"Intern" (Il tuttofare)


“The Intern” is a debut in the full meter of Italian scriptwriter Valerio Attanazio, the author of the script of one of the most popular Italian comedies of recent years, “I Want and Get Down.” The average user rating in the IMDB rating was 6.5 points.

Young lawyer Antonio (Guglielmo Poggi) gets an internship with an experienced lawyer Toti (Sergio Castellitto). Antonio performs various assignments that are rarely related to professional growth: he is a driver, a porter, and a personal chef. The young man is ready to solve any problems, until the patron appeals to him with a request to marry his mistress.