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A Gentle Creature

A woman lives in a small village in Russia. One day she receives the parcel she sent to her husband, serving a sentence in prison. Confused and angered, she sets out to find why her package was returned to sender.

A Picture to Remember

Masha is in love with Igor, her college mate, and wants to marry him, but he does not seem in much of a hurry to lead the girl to the altar. In a moment of sudden desperation, Masha decides to try and spur on her dawdling fiancé by applying to the local registry office for a civil marriage with the first man she chances to meet. The thwarted Igor soon realises his mistake and tries to win Masha back, but it seems to be too late. In the meantime, Masha did not expect that her new relationship that began as a joke will soon develop into true love.

Armed Love

Love, the central character in this film, is a certified psychologist who specializes in dealing with wayward and rebellious youths. She is currently preparing for her wedding with Maksim. One night when driving home, Max and Love are involved in an accident after their car hits a man on the road. On examining the body, Max is shocked to discover that the man is dead. Suddenly three men appear, Sancho, Thrush and Kid who threaten to go to the police and claim they witnessed the fatal accident unless Max signs over his car and gives them a large amount of money. Max knows he is being set up, but when he tries to call the police, his blackmailers viciously attack and kill him. Love is taken to hospital with serious injuries and, on regaining consciousness, soon learns that her idyllic life has come to an end. Distraught with grief, she cannot accept the death of the man she loved.

Battalion (2015)

Russia, 1917, WWI. This is the story of the 1st Russian Women’s Battalion of Death, formed as part of an ill-conceived propaganda ploy by the Russian Provisional Government in late May of 1917.

Bitva za Sevastopol

The breakout of the war shatters the world of a young student, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, forcing her to enlist in the army in 1941. The maiden turns out to be a natural-born sniper, her impressive skill and prowess make her stand out among men and women alike. Seeing Pavlichenko as a tangible threat, the German High Command gives orders to eliminate the girl whatever the cost. In the meanwhile, Lyudmila meets a man and falls in love. War fades into the background… Soon, however, another misfortune befalls Lyudmila leaving the man she loves on the brink of death and herself seriously wounded.

Cinderella.ru

Andrey has always dreamt of becoming a pop star, so when a well-known record producer offers him a contract in Moscow, he jumps at the opportunity, leaving his girlfriend, Natasha behind without a second thought. Miserable and alone, Natasha’s friend Dasha suggests she tries a new dating agency called Cinderella, which specializes in introducing girls to millionaires. Not everything goes as planned but will she find love?

Ex-Wife

A single mother quits her career as a professional singer to become a bounty hunter chasing down deadbeat dads.

Hunting the Gauleiter

Minsk, 1970. A formal meeting takes place to discuss awarding The Young Communist League of the Byelorussian SSR with the special Order. Maria Arkhipova, now an elderly woman, occupies an honorable seat on the panel, young and over-confident Galina Pomazan, whose heroic and impressive wartime record means she has the privilege of opening the meeting.

Minus One

Lena and Vasia are happily married with two children, until a domestic conflict spirals out of control, with a chain of events leading to an angry conclusion. In the heat of the moment, Lena and Vasia tell each other that they can live without one another, and they get their wish. From now on, Lena lives in a world without Vasia, and Vasia lives in a world where Lena is absent. Everything else remains unchanged – they have their children, neighbours and relatives.

Never Let Me Go

Natasha Konopliova works as nurse at a hospital. She lives together with her mother, modestly but with dignity. Having raised Natasha as a single parent, her mother tries to instil the best human values in her daughter – honesty, determination and a responsible approach to her work. She wants to avoid any influence from Natasha’s good-for-nothing father, an alcoholic who will do anything to get his next drink.

Sentence On An Ideal Pair

Natalya and Zhanna are sisters. Zhanna, the younger of the two, has been spoilt by two doting parents. Her older sister, Natalya, on the other hand, is a self-made person. While Natalya put her private life on hold to set up and develop her business, Zhanna married a very wealthy man and gave birth to a little boy. Everybody would seem to be happy, until things unexpectedly start to go terribly wrong.

Surgery: The Territory of Love

Alina Lukasheva is happy with her life. Or so it seems. She has a caring husband, Sergei, a young son Lyoshka, security, warmth and comfort at home. In addition she has a job that she adores, working with Sergei in the same surgery department at the local hospital. Both of them are totally committed to their work. But one day everything collapses. Eminent surgeon, Yegor Kotov, with whom Alina was passionately in love twelve years ago, is appointed head of the department.

The Attackers

World War 2. Young pilots, Leonid and Boris arrive at military air training school only to find that they have been enlisted to an air regiment and will be going soon to the frontline.

The Dawns Here Are Quiet… (2015)

Russia, May 1942. Well behind friendly lines a veteran sergeant commands a small anti-aircraft unit. His troops are inexperienced women. They will soon be tested in battle as the Germans parachute a crack squad of saboteurs into the area.

The Wounded Heart

34-year-old Maksim Poverenov is the lead architect with a major construction company. For some time, however, as he has not been coming up with any new and exciting plans, he has been acting as manager of the company’s small staff of employees. Maksim has a fiancée, Tamara, but the truth is he is still in love with his first school romance, Larissa who did not have the patience to wait for his return from military service and married his best friend instead.

Unclenching the Fists

In a former mining town in North Ossetia, Russia, a young woman struggles to escape the stifling hold of the family she loves as much as she rejects.

Wind in the Face

Dina’s ordinary life comes crashing down around her after her fiance’s betrayal and her father’s death. In her despair, she agrees to give up her unborn baby but when she realizes her mistake, it is too late. Desperate, she escapes and accidentally shoots at a woman passing by, killing her instantly. On the run, hiding from the law and full of self loathing at the killer she has become, Dina cannot give herself up as she doesn’t want her baby to be born in prison and to grow up in an orphanage Fate sends her on many adventures both good and bad until destiny intervenes, bringing some normality back into her life and with it, the man of her dreams.