• Anthology of short films. Part 38.
     The thirty-eighth issue of a collection of short films. Today, five mini-movies from different countries.
    1. Mécanomagie. 1996.
    FR. Des Jitzert, des êtres presque humains que l’homme ne peut voir, parcourent les terres agraires du Luxembourg. Leur présence est source de phénomènes lyriques et mystérieux.
    EN. A landscape in which everything moves is afflicted with a figure which is in itself static, but which moves - a kind of mechanic man? In Mécanomagie both the borders of perception and (natural) laws are infringed so that something new may emerge: nature as a boundless state of ecstasy!
    Director: Bady Minck.
    Cast: Misch Dimmer, Diane Becker, Raoul Chennaux, Sabine Stoltz, Denys Baldelli, Nordine Ries, Kim Thies, Jean-François Wolff, Jean-Claude Henkes, Bernard Jenkins.
    Austria, Luxembourg, 1996.
    Language: German.
    2. Boys. 2016.
    BOYS is a story about two best friends on the first day of summer. Set in 1999, Brian sleeps over at Jake's house as they have done countless times before. This night, however, the two encounter new sides of themselves. Overwhelmed by the discovery, Brian decides to walk back home as he is facing a whole new path in his life. It is a story about desire, adolescence, and the realization of being different.
    Director: Eyal Resh.
    Cast: Kevin Brief, Alexis Jayde Burnett, Melissa Burnett, Wyatt Griswold, Pearce Joza, Nora King, Christine McGraw, Suanne Spoke.
    USA, 2016.
    Language: English.
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    3. Itsy Bitsy Spiders. 2013.
    Mysteriously and little by little, young Edwin is devoured by an odd, persistent and utterly compelling obsession: he draws pictures of spiders. So powerful is his compulsion, that Edwin covers entire walls in the apartment with sketches of his beloved arachnids, forcing Agatha, his hopeless and troubled mother, to seek professional help from a doctor. What does Edwin see in those drawings?
    Director: Bertrand Paré.
    Cast: Julian Feder, Jessica Galinas, Britt Prentice, Matthew Vorce, Joe Maggard, Bruce Hammond, Gabriel Burrafato, Rusty Meyers, Joe Palubinsky, Mark Justice.
    USA, 2013.
    Language: Russian (English).
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    4. Toreadory iz Vasyukovki. 1965.
    A short film based on Vsevolod Nestayko's book about the hilarious adventures of two inseparable friends.
    Director: Samariy Zelikin
    Cast: Alexander Bartenev, Alexander Minin, Nikolai Ushakov, O. Svistunov, E. Pustovoit.
    USSR, 1965.
    Language: Ukrainian.
    5. Zand. 2008.
    Luuk is a truck driver who seems to be a goodhearted father for his eight-year-old daughter Isabel. After Luuk divorced from his wife Karen, Isabel lives with her mother. Whenever Luuk has the chance he takes Isabel to the sea or for a ride in his truck, which only carries sand. On one of those occasions Luuk discovers the horrific reason why Isabel is so quiet that day. From that moment on Luuk has to cope with a new and unexpected situation. Luuk kidnaps his daughter in an attempt to protect her, but he slowly loses control.
    Director: Joost van Ginkel.
    Cast: Jack Wouterse, Veerle Witkop, Margot Ros, Ruben Lürsen, Edward Koldewijn.
    Netherlands, 2008.
    Language: Russian (Dutch).
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  • Étrange dit l'ange / Strange Says The Angel. 2017.
     FR. Nina, sept ans, ne peut pas être la fille de sa tante. Elle ne peut pas non plus être l’amoureuse de son père. Dans ce monde menacé par la contamination, quelle est alors la place de Nina?
    EN. Nina, a young girl staying in the French countryside with her aunt and father is living in a world which is contaminated, literally and figuratively. It is always a mystery when you do not understand your place in this world.
    Director: Shalimar Preuss.
    Cast: Hélène Iratchet, Jean-Claude Iratchet, Louise Iratchet, Nina Iratchet, Roselyne Iratchet.
    France, 2017.
    Language: French.
    Subtitles: English.
    Étrange dit l'ange / Strange Says The Angel. 2017.
    Étrange dit l'ange / Strange Says The Angel. 2017.
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  • Раз, два, три... замри! / Un, deux, trois, soleil. 1993.
    FR. Un, deux, trois, soleil est un film français réalisé par Bertrand Blier, sorti en 1993.
    Un, deux, trois, soleil est l'histoire de Victorine (Anouk Grinberg) qui grandit dans la banlieue de Marseille, étouffée par sa mère (Myriam Boyer) et prise entre l'envie pressante de grandir et celle d'aider son père alcoolique (Marcello Mastroianni) à guérir et rentrer chez lui. Victorine devient adulte tant bien que mal et rencontre son premier amour, Petit Paul (Olivier Martinez) qui est tué d'un coup de fusil par l'enfoiré (Claude Brasseur). Plus tard, Victorine rencontre Maurice (Jean-Michel Noirey), son futur mari.
    Avec Un, deux, trois, soleil, Bertrand Blier réalise un film sur la banlieue, les classes sociales, l'éducation et l'enfance. La banlieue est évoquée tout au long du film, mais principalement dans une réplique de Jean-Michel Noirey, affirmant qu'on est « tous de la banlieue ». L'éducation - ou, du moins, l'apprentissage de la vie - est marquée par une scène dans un terrain vague, avec des loubards, où l'on peut entendre ces deux répliques « Tu crois qu'on en a connu de la délicatesse, nous ? » et « Tu veux que j'te raconte, moi, les caresses de mon père, comment il me les faisait ! ». L'enfance et le cours de la vie sont évoqués dans le fait que Blier garde les mêmes acteurs pour incarner toute la vie de leurs personnages. Ainsi, Anouk Grinberg, incarne Victorine de ses huit ans à sa maternité. Il en va de même pour tous les acteurs.
    EN. One, two, three, sun is the story of Victorine (Anouk Grinberg) who grew up in the suburbs of Marseille, stifled by her mother (Myriam Boyer) and caught between the urge to grow up and that of helping her father alcoholic (Marcello Mastroianni) to heal and go home. Victorine becomes an adult somehow and meets his first love, Petit Paul (Olivier Martinez) who is killed with a shot by the bastard (Claude Brasseur). Later, Victorine meets Maurice (Jean-Michel Noirey), her future husband.
    Director: Bertrand Blier.
    Cast: Anouk Grinberg, Myriam Boyer, Olivier Martinez, Jean-Michel Noirey, Denise Chalem, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Éva Darlan, Claude Brasseur, Irène Tassembedo, Patrick Bouchitey, Marcello Mastroianni, Charles Schneider
    France, 1993.
    Language: French, Russian.
    Subtitles: Russian.
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  • Огненное детство / Ognennoye Detstvo. 1976.
     Ognennoye Detstvo, the 1976 Yuri Shvyryov Russian military melodrama about the events of the Civil War. A small railway station in the Kuban is captured by the whiteguards. The boys organize the Yunarmy and ask commissar Subbotin to become their mentor...
    Director: Yuri Shvyryov.
    Cast: Petya Gorkin, Alyosha Bakinov, Stanislav Sokolov, Sasha Rebeko, Anna Nazaryeva, Yury Kuzmenkov, Daniil Netrebin, Gennady Yukhtin, Alexei Vanin, Yuri Medvedev, Yevgeny Krasavtsev, Alexander Porokhovschikov, Stanislav Hitrov, Yevgeny Karelskikh.
    USSR, Kinostudiya imeni M. Gorkogo, 1976.
    Language: Russian.
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  • Паучьи лилии / Ci qing / Tattoo / Spider Lilies. 2007.
    Spider Lilies (Chinese: 刺青; pinyin: Cì Qīng; literally: "Tattoo") is a 2007 Taiwanese drama film. It is the second feature-length film by director Zero Chou, and stars Rainie Yang and Isabella Leong in the lead roles. Spider Lilies was screened at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Teddy Award for Best LGBT-related Feature Film. It was released in the United States by Wolfe Video on 6 May 2008.
    The theme song "Xiao Mo Li" ("小茉莉"), performed by Rainie Yang, received a Golden Horse Award nomination for Best Original Film Song at the 44th Golden Horse Awards.
    When Jade, a web-cam girl visits Takeko's tattoo studio she becomes entranced with the image of the spider lily and with Takeko as well. In order to get closer to the object of her desire, Jade asks Takeko to give her the same lily tattoo, challenging Takeko's monastic existence and opening up memories which threaten to tear the two women apart.
    Director: Zero Chou.
    Cast: Rainie Yang, Isabella Leong, Kris Shen, Jay Shih, Ping-han Hsieh, Michio Hayashida, Ivy Yi-Han Chen, Chih-Ying Pai, Hsiu Li, Tsui-Yee Wong, Cheng-Ju Shan, Yu-Chieh Cheng, Jag Huang, Chieh Chang, Sam Wang.
    Taiwan, 2007.
    Language: Mandarin.
    Subtitles: English, Russian.
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  • Пассажир с "Экватора" / Passazhir s "Ekvatora". 1969.
     The old Soviet movie about the heroic pioneers and evil enemy spies. During a trip to the international summer camp with young Estonian swimmer Ilmar happens strange story...
    Director: Aleksandr Kurochkin.
    Cast: Arina Aleynikova, Yuri Chekulayev, Leonid Dovlatov, Nikolay Gorlov, Tanya Goryachkina, Vladimir Kenigson, Jüri Krjukov, Sergei Makridin, Aleksandr Martynov, Vitya Morus, Vyacheslav Tsyupa, Igor Pushakov.
    USSR, Kinostudiya imeni M. Gorkogo, 1969.
    Language: Russian.
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