Eternal Homecoming 2013

A woman is paid a surprise visit by her long-forgotten classmate, who needs her advice: should he choose a wife or a lover? An outrageously burlesque mise-en-scène is repeated many times but each time in a different place and performed by new actors. Why?

House with a Turret 2012

During the final winter of WWII, as displaced persons return to their former homes in the Soviet Union, an 8-year-old boy is left alone when his mother dies en route.

Melody for a Street Organ 2009

Two young orphan siblings travel to Moscow in search of their missing father. Scared of being separated and sent to orphanages, they hope to reunite with the last link of their shattered family.

Two in One 2007

This celebrated director's "exquisite cruelty" appears front and center when the death of a stage actor turns a theatrical drama into a real one. Two in One's two parts, "Stagehands" and "Woman of a Lifetime," celebrate the psychological richness that lurks just beneath the surface of banal reality - if murderous stagehands, lascivious fathers and vengeful daughters can be described as banal.

Dummy 2007

A strange man intervenes between ex-spouses on a matter directly related to a large sum of money one of them had secured after selling a piece of property.

Hurt Me 1993

The young talented actress Vera Samarina, has an interesting job, fame, plans for the future and a loving husband Igor, a failed actor. She goes for the shooting, leaving her husband, an unemployed actor, in despair. By agreeing to become a racketeer, he does not even suspect an inevitable tragic end. While the young woman sorts out her emotional experiences on the set by the sea, her husband specializes in knocking out other people's debts and other not very legal and dangerous activities.

The Sentimental Policeman 1992

In this affectionate, leisurely paced comedy, an Odessa policeman is out walking his beat when he discovers an adorable infant abandoned in a cabbage patch. He does his duty and takes the baby to an orphanage, but later he and his wife, who have an unusually affectionate and cozy relationship, decide to try and adopt the little one. What they must go through to accomplish that goal is anything but straightforward.

The Asthenic Syndrome 1989

In the old days it was called hypochrondria, or black melancholia. Now, apparently, it's termed the Asthenic Syndrome. Whatever it is, Nikolai, a teacher of epicly indifferent pupils, has got it, and it's not much fun.

Treasure Island: Part II - Captain Flint's Treasure 1987

A Soviet Ukrainian made violent farcical yet quite faithful adaptation of the famous Robert Louis Stevenson's book that combines animated sequences with live action parts. This film covers the second half of the book.

Точка возврата 1987