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Harry Potter returns to Ukraine.

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS. PART 1

Language: English
Action/Adventure/Fantasy. USA (2010)
Directed by David Yates
Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Alan Rickman

Harry Potter is on a threshold of the most important battle in history of the magic world. The Dark Lord’s power grows stronger, as he claims power over the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts school. Harry, Ron, and Hermione race around the world searching for the rest of Horcruxes, special amulets capable of defeating Voldemort.

Trying to finish principal Dumbledore’s work, they find out about the existence of the three most powerful magic objects: the Deathly Hallows. The young magician’s saga is getting old now: Only two more films to go and Harry Potter will be history, albeit a magic one.

TIMER

Language: English with Ukrainian subtitles
Comedy/Drama/Fantasy. USA (2009)
Directed by Jac Schaeffer
Starring Emma Caulfield, Michelle Borth, John Patrick Amedori

New technologies have gone so far ahead, that now you can implant a timer into your wrist, which will tell you how much time is left till you meet your soul mate. Oona has one of these magic watches. One day she meets Mikey in a supermarket, and the pair falls in love with each other.

Oona can’t be more confident that her retailer is the one and only she’s been waiting for. Not so fast, baby, your timer can screw things up big time.

CESAR

Language: French with Russian or Ukrainian subtitles
Drama. France (1936)
Directed by Marcel Pagnol
Starring Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Orane Demazis

Honoré Panisse finds himself in the company of friends, family and a priest. They are all ready to make public confessions knowing it’s got to be the truth and nothing but the truth. Panisse, however, can’t force himself to tell his son Cesariot that he’s not his real father.

He leaves it to his wife Fanny who announces a man by the name of Marius to be the real Dad. Without telling anyone, Cesariot travels to another town to see his father. He pretends to be a journalist to ease the first contact. The film is the last part of the trilogy based on Marcel Pagnol’s 1930s theatrical plays.

A PASSAGE TO INDIA

Language: English with English subtitles
Adventure/Drama/History. UK (1984)
Directed by David Lean
Starring Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft

Adela Quested sets on a journey to India with her future mother in law. Upon arrival, they befriend Dr. Aziz Ahmed. Everything goes well until one day the three of them decide to go on an excursion to see the real India.

When they return, Ahmed is falsely accused of something that happened during their journey and will endanger their friendship. Based on the E.M. Foster’s novel of the same title, the film shows the cultural clash of the East and West in the colonial India.

ROOM IN ROME

Language: English with Ukrainian subtitles
Drama. Spain (2010)
Directed by Julio Medem
Starring Elena Anaya, Natasha Yarovenko, Enrico Lo Verso

On vacation in Rome, Russian blonde Natasha meets Spanish brunette Alba. The night before Natasha’s departure to Moscow, they end up in one room. The following hour and a half are nothing but a conversation packed with every possible cliché about Russia and female dreams. The only upside to a plot – that’s almost insulting to one’s intelligence, is that both women remain naked throughout the whole show.

Apart from having sex, they share secrets and cheesy stories, which make the audience burst with laughter instead of sympathy. The film is a cinema adaptation of Matias Bize’s novel “In Bed,” where main characters were a man and woman sharing careless fun despite one of them being engaged.

SOUL KITCHEN

Language: German with Ukrainian subtitles
Comedy. Germany (2009)
Directed by Fatih Akin
Starring Adam Bousdoukos, Moritz Bleibtreu, BirolUnel

Greek chef Zinos Kazantsakis runs a dilapidated restaurant on the outskirts of Hamburg.
A couple of regulars help keep it afloat, but it’s not enough to survive. Kazantsakis’ personal life also lacks excitement.

His free spirited brother is released from prison. His friend tries to steal his eatery by setting the Greek up with sanitary and tax inspections.
His girlfriend breaks up with him to make things even worse. Feeling his lowest low, he thinks that the only way out of it is to hire a new chef.
The movie won Best Film Prize and Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.

ZHOVTEN
26 Konstyantynivska St., 205-5951
www.zhovten-kino.kiev.ua
Timer
Nov. 19-24 at 9:30 p.m.
Nov. 19, 22-24 at 2:15 p.m., 5:55 p.m.
Nov. 20 at 12:25 p.m., 4:05 p.m.
Nov. 21 at 2 p.m.
Soul Kitchen
Nov. 19, 22-24 at 12:25 p.m., 4:05 p.m.
Nov. 20 at 2:15 p.m., 5:55 p.m.
Nov. 21 at 12:10 p.m., 5:50 p.m.
Room in Rome
Nov. 19-24 at 7:45 p.m., 9:35 p.m.

THE MASTER CLASS CINEMA CLUB
34 Mazepy St., 594-1063,
www.masterklass.org/eng
César
Nov. 23 at 7 p.m.
A Passage to India
Nov. 25 at 7 p.m.

BUTTERFLY ULTRAMARINE

1 Uritskoho St., 206-0362,
www.kino-butterfly.com.ua
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows. Part 1
Nov. 19-24 at 8:10 p.m.