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Freedom Is Paradise

  Following the death of his mother and the disappearance of his father, Sasha (Volodya Koryzev), a feisty Russian teen, is sent to live in a government-funded children’s home with Read More

Arsenal

  Set in the bleak aftermath and devastation of the World War I, a recently demobilized soldier, Timosh, returns to his hometown Kiev, after having survived a train wreck. His Read More

Aelita: Queen of Mars

  A mysterious radio message is beamed around the world, and among the engineers who receive it are Los, the hero, and his colleague Spiridonov. Los is an individualist dreamer. Read More

A Forgotten Tune for the Flute

  The film tells the story of a former musician who must make a hard choice between freedom with his mistress and a comfortable life with his wife. Previously, he Read More

Come and See

  Come and See is a 1985 Soviet anti-war film directed by Elem Klimov and starring Aleksei Kravchenko and Olga Mironova.  The film’s plot focuses on the Nazi German occupation Read More

Burnt by the Sun

  Russia, 1936: revolutionary hero Colonel Kotov is spending an idyllic summer in his village with his young wife and six-year-old daughter Nadia and other assorted family and friends. Things Read More

Baltic Deputy

  The Bolsheviks seize power in Russia and Russian students instead of studying begin to focus on politics. Teachers and scientists do not trust the new government, but the elderly Read More

100 Days Before the Command

  Five young Soviet Army recruits struggle for survival against the merciless violence that surrounds them on a daily basis. Their only means of saving their dignity is by preserving Read More

Elite Squad

  In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operation Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug Read More

Neighboring Sounds

  Life in a middle-class neighborhood in present day Recife, Brazil, takes an unexpected turn after the arrival of an independent private security firm. The presence of these men brings Read More