The Russian Film Festival on from 28 to 30 May

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The Russian Centre in Colombo’s Russian Film Festival will be held at the National Film Corporation Cinema Hall from 28 to 30 May. Film shows will start at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.

28 May: Belka and Strelka: mischievous little family Animation - Russian computer animated TV series Release: 2011 Directed by: Andrey Rubetskoy, Ekaterina Shabanova, Alexei Nekrasov Summary: Continuation of the famous story of “star” team of dog astronauts. Children of Proteins and Kazbek Charming Dean, Rex and nerdy bully Bagel dream to get to the spacecraft, as well as their parents. On the long path to the great goal of a mischievous little family waiting for funny situations, that challenges and dangerous adventures. But the close-knit trio prove that they, nor anyone else, deserve to fly into space.

28 May: The Empress and the Robber Release: 2009 Directed by: Ekaterina Toldonova Summary: The game’s story tapes a meeting of the Empress of Russia Catherine II (Ekaterina the Great) and the rebel Yemelian Pugachev, almost deprived of her throne. In real life, Pugachev and Catherine never met. But director Ekaterina Toldonova decided to assume that such a meeting was still. The film is actually a kind of dialogue between the Empress and the rebel: Heroes of Toldonova talk about the relationship between people and power, and even find a common language. The director calls her film a philosophical parable – “thinking on the subject of our national identity.” The film raises issues of mutual relations between power and the people, the possibility of building democracy in Russian Empire.

29 May: lYUBOV.RU Release: 2008 Directed by: Marina Suleymanova Summary: At the main hero of the film, Sasha, has everything: a beautiful bride, study at a prestigious university, good friends and talent Sasha wrote music, but in search of poems for his music, he met on the Internet with a girl-poet, which avoids the names and meetings. Virtual dialogue captures the hero so that he insists on this familiarity with the interlocutor. Rendezvous with the girl turns out to be a test for Sasha and change its ideas about relationships.

29 May: Destiny of a Man Release: 1959 Directed by: Sergei Bondarchuk Summary: Destiny of a Man is a 1959 Soviet film adaptation of the novel by Mikhail Sholokhov, and also the directorial debut of Sergei Bondarchuk. In the year of its release it won the Grand Prize at the Moscow Film Festival; Bondarchuk would win again for the first part of his colossal adaption of Tolstoy’s War and Peace six years later.The story of a man (Andrey Sokolov) whose life was ruthlessly crippled by World War II. His wife and daughter were killed during the bombing of his village, he spent some time as a prisoner at Nazi’s concentration camp , and his only son was killed in action only a few days before the victory.

30 May: Toy Seller Release: 2012 Directed by: Yuri Vasiliev Summary: Nicolas Bercy – Frenchman with Russian roots. He lives in Paris and works as the seller of toys. Neither the mother nor French bride – the daughter of the king of Paris pastry (Pierre Richard) – approves of Nicolas eccentricities, because Sorbonne education allows him to make a fine career in business. Before Christmas, Nicolas went to Russia to learn more about his background. Who could have imagined that this trip would change his life? In Russia it for adventures, family treasures, and: true love.

30 May: Prathiroo Sinhala Movie Release: 2012 Directed by: Dr. Kapila Sooriyaarachchi Summary: ‘Prathiroo’ (The Iconic Inspirations), set in the rural backdrop of a village in the island, the story revolves around a courageous mother and a son and the bond towards their motherland. The movie flows along with son’s decisions and his attitudes towards his two mothers; the ‘Mother’ who gave birth to him and his ‘Motherland’.