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Alexei Aigui
Aleksey Aygi (stylized as Alexei Aigui, born 11 July 1971) is a Russian composer, violinist, and leader of the 4'33" Ensemble. Biography and career Aigui is ethnically Chuvash and the son of Chuvash national poet Gennadiy Aygi. A graduate of Moscow's State Music and Pedagogical Institute, Aigui's work has been noted for its minimalist aesthetics. This investment in minimalism led Aigui to name his band after the John Cage composition ''4′33″'', the score for which instructs performers to refrain from playing their instruments. In 1994, Aigui debuted his 4'33" Ensemble at the Moscow International Festival of Modern Music, with another early performance taking place at the 1996 "European Days in Samara" festival. Aigui is a prolific composer who has scored dozens of films and television programs, including ''Country of the Deaf'', which received the Russian Guild of Film Critics Award for Best Score; ''Wild Field'', which received a Nika Award, Golden Eagle Award, and K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakeshore Entertainment
Lakeshore Entertainment Group, LLC is an American independent film production, finance, and former international sales and distribution company founded in 1994 by Tom Rosenberg and Ted Tannebaum (1933–2002). Lakeshore Entertainment is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. The company produced over 60 films, including the Academy Award-winning '' Million Dollar Baby''. Sigurjón Sighvatsson was the company's first president and served from its founding until 1998. He was replaced by producer Gary Lucchesi. The company also had a record label division, Lakeshore Records. In 2013, the company launched a television division, and in 2015, they launched a digital studio, Off the Dock, that targets the YouTube demographic. Lakeshore Records was the independent music division of Lakeshore Entertainment. They had begun as Will Records, which was founded by Skip Williamson in the early 1990s. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lover (2002 Film)
, image = , caption = , director = Valery Todorovsky , producer = , writer = Gennadiy Ostrovsky , starring = , music = Alexei Aigui , cinematography = Sergey Mikhalchuk , editing = Vera Kruglova , released = , studio= , runtime = , country = Russia , language = Russian , budget = ''The Lover'' (russian: Любовник) is a 2002 Russian drama film directed by Valery Todorovsky. Plot The film tells about two men, one of whom is a linguist, and the second is a retired military man, who are united by love for one woman. Cast * Oleg Yankovsky as Charyshev * Sergey Garmash as Ivan * Andrey Smirnov as Petya * Vera Voronkova as Vera * Vladimir Yumatov as Adik * Elena Laskavaya as Verbitskaya (as Elena Laskovaya) * Valeriy Prokhorov as Conductor * Irina Sokolova as Sima * Irina Kartashyova as Liza (as Irina Kartashova) * Pavel Adamchikov * Aleksandr Brankevich Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good As New
''Good as New'' (russian: Хэппи-энд, Kheppi-end, lit=''Happy End'') is a 2020 Russian comedy film directed by :ru:Шелякин, Евгений Владимирович, Evgeniy Shelyakin. Plot The film tells about a man who finds himself on a beach in Thailand and does not remember anything. He only knows Russian, but despite this he manages to organize an adventurous business. Nevertheless, despite the success, he did not understand why he flew here. Cast References External links * 2020 films 2020s Russian-language films 2020 comedy films Russian comedy films {{2020s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Young Karl Marx
''The Young Karl Marx'' (french: Le jeune Karl Marx; german: Der junge Karl Marx) is a 2017 historical drama film about Karl Marx, directed by Haitian filmmaker and political activist Raoul Peck, co-written by Peck and Pascal Bonitzer, and starring August Diehl. It had its world premiere at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival on 12 February 2017. Plot While in his 20s, Karl Marx struggles to establish himself as a writer of political and sociological importance. The film begins with a scene where poor people are gathering dead wood in a forest where they have done this for centuries, but the government has made it illegal to collect the wood as it is now legally private property of the landlords. The poor are persecuted and extrajudicially killed by the government officials. Marx wrote about these events and believes that the bourgeois class has taken ownership of the state itself. Marx meets Friedrich Engels, a young man whose wealthy father owns factories. Engels' b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mata Hari (TV Series)
Mata Hari is a 2017 Russian-Portuguese television series, produced by International production company Star Media in association with Channel One (Russia) and Inter (Ukraine). The series is dedicated to the story of the legendary spy, fatal temptress and passionate dancer Margareta Zelle, better known under the pseudonym Mata Hari, who was engaged in espionage activities in favor of Germany during the First World War. Plot Margaret MacLeod, persecuted by her ex-husband, is deprived of custody of her daughter and abandoned to the mercy of fate with no means of subsistence. She becomes a dancer and is desperate to find any other earnings. Under the pseudonym Mata Hari, Margaret becomes the favorite of the European elite. For her the doors of luxurious mansions and villas open, each performance produces an incredible furore. But the First World War is coming, which will forever change the course of history. And Mata Hari can barely foresee what role she is destined to play in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Looking For Hortense
''Looking for Hortense'' (french: Cherchez Hortense) is a 2012 French comedy-drama film directed by Pascal Bonitzer. Plot summary Damien, a teacher of Asian civilization for business leaders, is instructed by his wife Iva to ask his father, a member of the judicial Council of State, to help to prevent the expulsion of a young woman of Serbian origin. Cast * Jean-Pierre Bacri as Damien Hauer * Kristin Scott Thomas as Iva Delusi * Isabelle Carré as Aurore * Claude Rich as Sébastien Hauer * Jackie Berroyer as Lobatch * Benoît Jacquot as Kevadian * Agathe Bonitzer as Laetitia * Philippe Duclos as Henri Hortense * Marin Orcand Tourrès as Noé Hauer * Joséphine Derenne as Blandine Hauer * Arthur Igual as Antoine * Jérôme Beaujour as Campuche * Masahiro Kashiwagi as Satoshi * Iliana Lolitch as Véra * Francis Leplay as Marco * Stanislas Stanic as Marek Critical reception The film received mixed reviews. , the film holds a 56% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Toma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Horde (2012 Film)
''The Horde'' (Russian title: Орда ''Orda'', working title: Святитель Алексий ''Svjatitelj Alexij'') is a 2012 historical film directed by Andrei Proshkin and written by Yuri Arabov. The film is a highly fictionalised narrative of how Saint Alexius healed Taidula Khatun, the mother of the Golden Horde khan Jani Beg, from blindness. The film was released as ''The Golden Empire'' in the UK. Plot Jani Beg (Innokenty Dakayarov) kills his brother Khan Tini Beg (Andrey Panin) and replaces him. Soon, his mother Taidula (Roza Hairullina) goes blind and Jani Beg is desperate to have her blindness cured. Meanwhile, Alexius, Metropolitan of Moscow (Maxim Sukhanov) has reached fame as a wondermaker and Jani Beg asks Ivan the Fair (Vitaly Khaev) hand Alexius to him as a healer. Alexius is reluctant but Ivan sees this as a rare opportunity to delay the inevitable Tatar attack on Moscow. Eventually, Alexius succumbs and, accompanied by Jani Beg's retainers Timer (Fedot Lvo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moloch Tropical
''Moloch Tropical '' is a 2009 film about a political revolution in Haiti. Plot Amidst the protection of a fortified palace perched on the top of a mountain, a democratically elected president and his closest collaborators are getting ready for a commemorative celebration dinner. Foreign chiefs of state and dignitaries of all sorts are expected to assist. However, the morning of the event, he awakens to find the country in an uprising. As the day goes on, rebellion rampages through the most popular neighborhoods and the guests call to cancel one after another. After consulting with his collaborators, the president decides to teach the demonstrators a lesson by sending in his private militia. Awards * 2010 Signis prize of SIGNIS, World Catholic Association for Communication (Milano Film Festival) Main film festivals selection * Toronto International Film Festival 2009 - Special Presentation * Dubai International Film Festival 2009 * Berlin International Film Festival 2010 - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Alibi
''The Great Alibi'' (french: Le Grand Alibi) is a 2008 French mystery film directed by Pascal Bonitzer. The screenplay is based on the 1946 Hercule Poirot crime novel ''The Hollow'', written by Agatha Christie, although Poirot doesn't appear in this film version. Cast * Pierre Arditi as Henri Pages * Miou-Miou as Éliane Pages * Lambert Wilson as Pierre Collier * Anne Consigny as Claire Collier * Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as Esther Bachmann * Mathieu Demy as Philippe Léger * Maurice Bénichou as Le commandant Grange * Caterina Murino as Léa Mantovani * Céline Sallette as Marthe * Agathe Bonitzer as Chloë * Emmanuelle Riva Emmanuelle Riva (; 24 February 1927 – 27 January 2017) was a French actress, best known for her roles in the films ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) and '' Amour'' (2012). Riva was nominated for a BAFTA Award for her role in ''Hiroshima mon ... as Geneviève Herbin * Dany Brillant as Michel References External links * 2008 films Films based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wedding Chest
''The Wedding Chest'' (russian: Сундук предков) is a 2006 Kyrgyz film directed by Nurbek Egen. It was Kyrgyzstan's submission to the 79th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, as well as its first submission to the Academy in its history, but it was not accepted as a nominee. See also *List of submissions to the 79th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of submissions to the 79th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best ... References External links * 2006 films 2006 comedy films Kyrgyzstani comedy films {{Kyrgyzstan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fall Of The Empire
''The Fall of the Empire'' (russian: Гибель империи, Gibel' imperii) is a Russian TV miniseries in ten episodes directed by Vladimir Khotinenko, broadcast in March 2005. It is set in World War I, following Russian counterintelligence officer Sergei Pavlovich Kostin ( Aleksandr Baluev), a veteran of the Russo-Japanese War, who works to uncover enemy plots aided by his sidekick Ivan Karlovich Shtol'ts (Marat Basharov). Cast Main characters of the series * Alexander Baluev - Captain of counterintelligence Sergei Pavlovich Kostin * Sergei Makovetsky - Professor of Law, and then the captain of the Army Intelligence Alexander Mikhailovich Nesterovsky * Maria Mironova - Elena Ivanovna Saburova * Chulpan Khamatova - Olga Semenovna Nesterovskaya * Marat Basharov - lieutenant counterintelligence Ivan Karlovich Stolz * Andrey Krasko - non-commissioned counterintelligence officer Nikolai Alexeyevich Strelnikov '' The real historical figures in the series * Vladislav Galk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
