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]]> Beauty, Gary Hume, contemporary art, Pinchuk Art Center, , 1/3-2, “A” Block, Velyka Vasylkivska / Baseyna St., 590-08-58, pinchukartcentre.org/en/, through Apr 1, free admission.










In light, black, colour, white, and dark, Jeff Wall, Pinchuk ArtCenter, 1/3-2, “A” Block, Velyka Vasylkivska/Baseyna St., 590-08-58, through Apr 1, free







Heaven inhabitants. Divinities of Chinese Pantheon, Chinese Classical Art, Museum of Western and Eastern Art, 15-17 Tereshchenkivska St., 235-32-90, through May 10, Hr 13-40

100-year anniversary exhibition of Segiy Shyshko, oil paintings, National Art Museum of Ukraine, 6 Hrushevskogo St., 278-13-57, namu.kiev.ua/en., through April 4, Hr 5-20







Simulator of Snowiness, Igor Gusev, contemporary art, M-17 art center , 104 Gorkogo St., 596-20-30, m17.com.ua/ru, through Feb 29, free admission








Reactivation, various artists, digital and print photography, Minus 4, 37-41 Sichovyh Striltsiv (Artema) St., 067-770-07-57, through March 2, free

Pertinent Connections, art on fabric, Mironova Gallery, 6 Olginska St., 277- 88-88, through Feb. 15, www.mironova-gallery.com, free admission







Paradzhanov. Touch. Photography. National Museum of Taras Shevchenko, 8-a Tarasa Shevchenko St., 278-35-11, through Feb 12, Hr 4-7









Traditional dress of Western Polissia, clothing and textiles, Museum of Ivan Gonchar, 19 Lavrska St., 288-92-68, honchar.org.ua, through March 4, Hr 15







Body-Mechanism, Mykyta Kravtsov, oil paintings, Ya Gallery, 49B Khoryva St., 492-92-03, www.yagallery.com.ua, through March 3, free admission]]> http://www.kyivpost.com/news/guide/sevendays/clubs/detail/122187/ Clubs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:27:26 +0200
In 1951, Allen Bernardine opened the Crazy Horse Saloon which soon became a popular venue on the Paris night scene.


The cabaret’s chic and creative dance numbers were well-received by the audience. While preserving its heritage, over the decades the show has become more technologically spectacular with special effects, kaleidoscopic lighting and pulsing music.

Famous among the Paris elite, the girls even inspired Salvador Dali to create his famous lip-shaped couch, which eventually appeared in the cabaret’s show and inspired the design of a bottle in its own line of perfume.

The Crazy Horse turns seduction and allurement into an art form. This long-running act has performed in front of such luminaries as President John F. Kennedy, Liza Minelli, Kevin Kostner and Quentin Tarantino.

The manager prides the girls on being “perfectly shaped” and says that most of them are professionally trained.

The 90-minute show is filled with humor, dazzling choreography and barely visible costumes.

Two dancers are from Ukraine and Russia, but unfortunately for all the curious men, the cabaret girls are strictly forbidden to talk to the visitors or the staff.

Fri, Feb. 10 - 6 p.m., 8:30 p.m.; Sat, Feb. 11 - 3:30 p.m., 6 p.m., 8:30 p.m.; Sun, Feb. 12 - 3 p.m.,5:30 p.m., 8 p.m.,
Kyiv National Academic Theatre of Operetta, 53/3 Velyka Vasylkivska, St., Hr 300-1,600.]]> http://www.kyivpost.com/news/guide/sevendays/spec/detail/122186/ Special Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:24:17 +0200
They challenge the laws of physics making people disappear; flowers and objects sprout out of nowhere, and victims cut in half that miraculously get back to their original, unharmed, shapes.

But these magicians don’t just do tricks. Michael Michaels from the US, for instance, is famous for making his audience laugh.

Mantas from Lithuania blends a Gothic spirit, surrealism and philosophy into his act. And Aaron Crow from Belgium is an acclaimed mentalist.

But they each have one thing in common – they will make you believe the unbelievable.

Sat, Feb 11, 4 p.m, Sun, Feb.12, 7:30 p.m., Palats Ukraina, 103 Velyka Vasylkivsa St., Hr 50- 1200]]> http://www.kyivpost.com/news/guide/sevendays/galleries/detail/122185/ Galleries Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:23:35 +0200
Gary Hume started out by doing “door paintings,” which are life-size representations of hospital doors he has been producing for nearly a decade.

After doors got monotonous, he took interest in something more alive, like human bodies, face expressions, flowers and birds. He favored paintings in household gloss paint on aluminum panel.

However, the forms are hardly recognizable since they are reduced to only several colors and basic shapes.

His exhibition “Beauty” encompasses abstract works curiously titled Rainbow, Anxiety and the Horse, and a sculpture series Bikini.

Jeff Wall uses photography to explore the maturing process of young people. Sixteen photographs and seven light boxes, a signature feature of the photographer, converge in the show entitled “In light, black, colour, white, and dark.”

Wall is also known for his academic achievements in art history. Studying and lecturing through his career, he started experimenting with conceptual art at the age of 24.

His trademark works are large transparent photos he mounts on light boxes. The artist says he was inspired by the back-lit ads at bus stops while traveling in Europe.

Through April 1, Pinchuk Art Center, 1/3-2, “A” Block, Velyka Vasylkivska / Baseyna St., free admission]]> http://www.kyivpost.com/news/guide/sevendays/classic/detail/122184/ Classical Music, Opera, Ballet Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:18:46 +0200
Adult Pilot, Little Prince, Flower Rose, The Fox and the Snake are the main characters in this play by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

While traveling with the Little Prince through the universe and accompanying him on Earth you’ll take a ride through the range of emotions from elevating joy to deep sadness.

There is no need to worry about the language barrier: this particular theater performance is all about movements, not words.

Sat, Sun, Feb. 18 – 19, 7 p.m., Plastic Drama Theater, 7-A Shovkovychna St., www.ktpd.ho.com.ua, Hr 60]]> http://www.kyivpost.com/news/guide/sevendays/music/detail/122182/ Music Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:09:42 +0200
Three albums one after another hit the top of British charts, making Scissor Sisters one of the most successful bands of the 2000s.

Their latest album “Night Work” (2010) had back vocals of Kylie Minogue and Ian McKellen, and their live performances are told to be something very special, with all the glam rock they bring on stage. The show in Kyiv is almost sold out, so hurry up!

Thu, Feb. 16, Stereo Plaza, 17 Kikvidze St., 222 80 40, tickets at: www.parter.ua, www.biletik.ua. Hr 350-800.]]> http://www.kyivpost.com/news/guide/sevendays/music/detail/122180/ Music Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:05:16 +0200
But in several decades on stage, this 60-year old composer and musician manages to treat the audiences with new compositions. This is the fourth time the singer is coming to Kyiv. This time he is bringing his new album “Santo Spirito Blues”, as well as old hits.

When the 22-year old left-handed Camillo Rea picked up the guitar, he went against his nature and learned to play with his right hand. He conquered England first with his major hit, The Road to Hell in 1989, topping the charts in the UK, while in the US it never gained the same traction.

Then followed the hit Auberge, which conquered both the UK and the US charts.

Once the world almost lost this genius musician. Diagnosed with pancreatitis, Rea went through an operation, which gave him half and half chances of survival. This experience pushed him back to the blues.

Mon, Feb. 13, 7 p.m., Palats Ukraina, 103 Velyka Vasylkivska St., Hr 300-2500]]> http://www.kyivpost.com/news/guide/sevendays/movies/detail/122179/ Movies Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:55:25 +0200 This week, Kyiv Post recommends two good old films: one drama in Spanish and one thriller in English.

American “My Week with Marilyn,” another one of our picks, is released this week – but only in Ukrainian.]]> SECRETS OF THE HEART (SECRETOS DEL CORAZON)
Drama
Spain 1997, 107’
Language: Spanish with Russian subtitles
Directed by Montxo Armendáriz
Feb. 14 at 7 p.m.
Master Class Cultural Center

Childhood seems fun: you can play, run and climb trees all day long, and adults are the ones who know answers to all questions, who will take care of you, and take your troubles away. Unfortunately, it’s not so easy for kids in some families.

Javi, a curious 9-year-old boy, lives at his aunt’s together with his older brother Juan. When summer comes, they visit their parents’ home, a place of shocking tragedy.

Although the boys have been told that their father had killed himself accidentally while cleaning his gun, their mother knows the truth and forbids them to enter the room with a chair, which is still stained with the man’s blood.

Of course, the boys do their best to sneak into the room, as they believe that their father’s spirit is hiding his secrets there.


PSYCHO
Thriller, Mystery, Horror
Brazil 1960, 109’
Language: English with English subtitles
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Feb. 16 at 7 p.m.
Master Class Cultural Center

Suspense hardly matters in modern horror movies, enormously cruel, filled with spooky screams, washed with liters of blood, and often with a predictable plot.

But things were quite different in the middle of the 20th century.

To preserve the suspense of his “Psycho,” not only did Alfred Hitchcock make the crew swear to keep the resolution in secret, but even bought up all copies of the screened novel he managed to find.

This classical black-and-white movie tells the story of a young secretary Marion, who needs money to marry her lover.

Desperate to find another way to get it, she steals $40,000 from her company’s client and runs away from the city.

Caught off guard by storm, she decides to stop for a night in a road motel, where she meets Norman Bates, who owns the place and loads of secrets. He also has a really weird mom.


MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
Biography, Drama
USA 2011, 99’
Language: Ukrainian
Directed by Simon Curtis
Feb. 10-15
Zhovten, Kyiv and others

The posh and gorgeous American actress, singer and model Marilyn Monroe hardly needs introduction.

The blonde with red lips, bright eyes and a sexy little spot on her cheek is still a beauty icon, even 50 years after her death.

Together with her husband, Monroe came to London in 1956 to star in the “The Prince and the Showgirl” movie. When young assistant director Colin Clarkfalls for her, everyone warns him she’s gonna break his heart.

However, what really happened to him remained a mystery – there was a week missed in Clark’s diary, released in 1990s. It takes him years to muster enough courage to divulge what happened that week. He eventually did in 2000.

“My Week with Marilyn” tells the story of that particular week.]]> http://www.kyivpost.com/news/guide/sevendays/spec/detail/122177/ Special Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:16:30 +0200 Editor’s Note: Planning a night out has just got easier.

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Classical Music

C’est Amour, poems of Jacques Prevert and Federico Garcia Lorca (guitar, soprano and piano); National Philharmonic of Ukraine, 7 p.m., Hr 30-80
www.filarmonia.com.ua/en

The Ravisan trio (clarinet, organ playing Smetana, Stravinsky, Lafeber-Velli); House of Organ Music, 7:30 p.m., Hr 20-50
www.organhall.kiev.ua

Movies

“Psycho” (see our review here) (Thriller, Horror); Master Klass, 7 p.m., Hr 30
masterklass.org


Live Music

Kofei.IN & Ruki v Bryuki (rockabilly); Docker Pub, 9 p.m., Hr 50
www.docker.com.ua

Goodlife (rock covers); Docker’s ABC, 10 p.m., Hr 50
www.abc.docker.com.ua

Pozitiv Band; Porter Pub, 9 p.m., free admission
www.porter.com.ua

Dai Pyat (hip-hop); Art Club 44, 10 p.m., Hr 50
www.club44.com.ua


Theater

The taming of the shrew (Comedy by William Shakespeare); Franko Ukrainian Drama Theater, 7 p.m., Hr 15-150
ft.org.ua

Family dinner (Comedy); Lesya Ukrainka Russian Drama Theater, 7 p.m., Hr 20- 200
www.rusdram.com.ua

Five Pelevin’s stories; New Theater on Pechersk, 7 p.m., Hr 50 – 80
newtheatre.kiev.ua

My dear Pamela (Criminal comedy); Molodoy Theater, 7 p.m., Hr 30 – 60
www.molody.kiev.ua

Shows

Scissor Sisters, (see our review here) (British pop); Stereo Plaza, 7 p.m., Hr 350 – 800
stereoplaza.com.ua

Tango of life (Plastic dance show); Kyiv National Academic Theater of Operetta, 7 p.m., Hr 70-90
www.kiev-operetta.kiev.ua


Miscellaneous

An Evening of Tango by KievTangoProject, Master Klass, 8 p.m., Hr 70
masterklass.org


For tickets online, please visit
kvytky.ua, parter.ua, freedomhall.com.ua,
bilethouse.com.ua, karabas.com, or biletik.ua.



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Works of Bach, Stanley, Voland; House of Organ Music, 7:30 p.m., Hr 20-50
www.organhall.kiev.ua

Movies

“My week with Marilyn” (see our review here) (in Ukrainian), Biographical Drama; Zhovten and others, 6 p.m., 7:50 p.m., 9:25 p.m. Hr 15-60
www.zhovten-kino.kiev.ua


Live Music

Rockin’ Wolves (rock); Docker Pub, 9.30, free admission
www.docker.com.ua

The Magma (pop-rock); Docker’s ABC, 10 p.m., Hr 30
www.abc.docker.com.ua

Shubin Band (cover); Porter Pub, 9 p.m., free admission
www.porter.com.ua

Novy Soyuz (hip-hop); Art Club 44, 10 p.m., Hr 50
www.club44.com.ua


Theater

Dead souls (Comedy); Kyiv Academic Drama Theater in Podil, 7 p.m., Hr 70
www.theatreonpodol.com

Girl with matches (A play in two acts); Dakh Modern Art Theater, 7 p.m., Hr 70
www.dax.com.ua

Territory of love (Operetta); Kyiv National Academic Theater of Operetta; 7 p.m., Hr 250 – 1,500
www.kiev-operetta.kiev.ua

The guests are coming at midnight (Tragifarce); Drama & Comedy Theater on the left bank of Dnipro, 7 p.m., Hr 40 -70
www.drama-comedy.kiev.ua

Zaporozhets beyond the Danube (Opera); National Opera Theater of Ukraine, 7 p.m., Hr 20 – 200
operacomua.colocall.com


Miscellaneous

Handmade Fashion 2012 exhibition, Kyiv Expo Plaza, through Feb. 18, free admission
expoplaza.kiev.ua


For tickets online, please visit
kvytky.ua, parter.ua, freedomhall.com.ua,
bilethouse.com.ua, karabas.com, or biletik.ua.



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Valentine’s Day with the National Academic Band of Ukraine ( Lavalier, Doppler, Doga, Krotin, Gade St. Wander, Kern, J. Strauss); National Philharmonic of Ukraine, 7 p.m., Hr 20-100
www.filarmonia.com.ua/en

“Salut-D’amour” with Kyiv-Brass chamber ensemble (soprano and piano, works of Mendes, Gershwin, Ellington, and others); House of Organ Music, 7:30 p.m.,
Hr 20-50
www.organhall.kiev.ua

From Master Klass with Love (Mozart, Bach, Gershwin, Lehar, Elgar, Vivaldi, Pachelbel); Master Klass, 8 p.m., Hr 70
masterklass.org


Movies

“My week with Marilyn” (see our review here) (in Ukrainian), Biographical Drama; Zhovten and others, 6 p.m., 7:50 p.m., 9:25 p.m. Hr 15-60
www.zhovten-kino.kiev.ua

“Secrets of the heart” (see our review here) (drama); Master Klass, 7 p.m., free admission
masterklass.org


Live Music

Strong Time and Red Rocks (rock); Docker Pub, 9 p.m., Hr 50
www.docker.com.ua

Tres Deseos (latino); Docker’s ABC, 10 p.m., Hr 50
www.abc.docker.com.ua

Slow Roll (blues, rock); Porter Pub, 8 p.m., free admission
www.porter.com.ua


Clubs

Valentine’s Day with dubstep and techno; Cinema Club, 11 p.m., Hr 20-40
cinemaclub.kiev.ua

Love and the City; Sullivan Room, 9 p.m., Hr 100
www.sullivanroom.kiev.ua


Theater

Giselle (Ballet); National Opera Theater of Ukraine, 7 p.m., Hr 20-180
operacomua.colocall.com

Number 13 (Mad Night, or The Pigden’s Marriage) (Comedy); Lesya Ukrainka Russian Drama Theater , 7 p.m., Hr 20-250
www.rusdram.com.ua

Prima donnas (Comedy); Koleso Theater, 7 p.m., Hr 100
www.koleso.teatr.kiev.ua

Violet of Montmartre (Operetta); Kyiv National Academic Theater of Operetta, 7 p.m., Hr 30-70
operacomua.colocall.com

La bonne Anna, or how to save a family (Comedy); Kyiv Academic Drama Theater in Podil, 7 p.m., Hr 70
www.theatreonpodol.com


Shows

Gaitana Romantic Show (pop music); Freedom Hall, 8 p.m. Hr 750-1,150
www.freedomhall.com.ua

Children’s Valentine’s Ball, Master Klass, 4 p.m., Hr 100
masterklass.org


Miscellaneous

Valentine's Venitian Night (pasta menu, music and more); Ciro’s Pomodoro, 7 p.m. – 2 a.m., Hr 400 minimum spent requirement
pomodoro.kiev.ua

Dance Ensemble of Pavlo Virsky; Palats Ukraina, 7 p.m., Hr 100-450
npmu.com.ua


For tickets online, please visit
kvytky.ua, parter.ua, freedomhall.com.ua,
bilethouse.com.ua, karabas.com, or biletik.ua.




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Soprano, baritone, clavichord and organ playing Vivaldi, Hendel, Lucci, Mozart, Beethoven; House of Organ Music, 7:30 p.m.,
Hr 20-50
www.organhall.kiev.ua


Movies

“My week with Marilyn” (see our review here) (in Ukrainian), Biographical Drama; Zhovten and others, 6 p.m., 7:50 p.m., 9:25 p.m. Hr 15-60
www.zhovten-kino.kiev.ua


Live Music

Animals Session (classic rock); Docker Pub, 9.30 p.m., free admission
www.docker.com.ua

Some Like It Hot (jazz-rock); Docker’s ABC, 10 p.m., free admission
www.abc.docker.com.ua

Natalya Lebedeva’s band (jazz); Art Club 44, 10 p.m., free admission
www.club44.com.ua

And so I watch you from afar (Irish, punk-rock); Xlib Club, Hr 80-120
xlib.com.ua


Theater

Faces (Drama); Lesya Ukrainka Russian Drama Theater, 7 p.m, Hr 380 -2,000.
www.rusdram.com.ua

Vasia should call (Comedy); Drama & Comedy Theater on the left bank of Dnipro;,7 p.m., Hr 100
www.drama-comedy.kiev.ua

1,001 passion, or the little nothings of life (Tragicomedy) ; Lesya Ukrainka Russian Drama Theater; 8 p.m., Hr 100.
www.rusdram.com.ua


Shows

Chris Rea (see our review here) (British rock and blues); Palats Ukraina, Hr 300-1,100
npmu.com.ua


For tickets online, please visit
kvytky.ua, parter.ua, freedomhall.com.ua,
bilethouse.com.ua, karabas.com, or biletik.ua.



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Music by Beethoven, Franck, R. Strauss (violin, piano); National Philharmonic of Ukraine, 7 p.m., Hr 30-80
www.filarmonia.com.ua/en

Movies

“My week with Marilyn” (see our review here) (in Ukrainian), Biographical Drama; Zhovten and others, 6 p.m., 7:50 p.m., 9:25 p.m. Hr 15-60
www.zhovten-kino.kiev.ua

Live Music

Antytila (pop-rock); Docker Pub, 9 p.m., Hr 100
www.docker.com.ua

Wunderkindy (rock); Docker’s ABC, 10 p.m., free admission
www.abc.docker.com.ua

Yukhim Dym (Russian rock covers); Porter Pub, 8 p.m., free admission
www.porter.com.ua

Soyuz 44 (jazz jam session); Art Club 44, 10 p.m., free admission
www.club44.com.ua


Clubs

Karaoke party; Sky Bar, 8 p.m., Hr 100 for females, Hr 200 for males
www.skybar.com.ua

Chic and Smoke party; Sullivan Room, 11 p.m., Hr 30 for females, Hr 50 for males
www.sullivanroom.kiev.ua


Theater

The importance of being earnest (Comedy by Oscar Wilde); Lesya Ukrainka Russian Drama Theater, 7 p.m., Hr 15-150
www.rusdram.com.ua

Don Giovanni (Pantomime); Plastic Drama Theater, 7 p.m., Hr 50
www.ktpd.ho.com.ua

The Seagull (Romantic drama); House of Actors, 7 p.m., Hr 50-70
actorhall.com.ua

The tavernkeeper (Comedy); Kyiv Academic Drama Theater in Podil, 7 p.m., Hr 60.
www.theatreonpodol.com

A quartet for two (Comedy); Molodoy Theater, 7 p.m., Hr 40 – 80
www.molody.kiev.ua


Shows

The Best World Magicians’ Show; (see our review here) Palats Ukraina, 7:30 p.m, Hr 50–1,200

npmu.com.ua

The Crazy Horse (see our review here) (French cabaret); Kyiv National Academic Theater of Operetta, 3:30 p.m., 6 p.m., 8:30 p.m., Hr 300-1,600
operacomua.colocall.com


For tickets online, please visit
kvytky.ua, parter.ua, freedomhall.com.ua,
bilethouse.com.ua, karabas.com, or biletik.ua.



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The Great Poet in Music, a tribute to Alexander Pushkin (romances, fragments of operas); National Philharmonic of Ukraine, 7 p.m., Hr 30-80
www.filarmonia.com.ua/en

Organ music of Cesar Frank; House of Organ Music, 7:30 p.m., Hr 20-50
www.organhall.kiev.ua


Movies

“My week with Marilyn” (see our review here) (in Ukrainian), Biographical Drama; Zhovten and others, 6 p.m., 7:50 p.m., 9:25 p.m. Hr 15-60
www.zhovten-kino.kiev.ua

Love Films Night (see our review here) (in Ukrainian); Kinopanorama, 11 p.m., Hr 50-100
kinopanorama.com.ua


Live Music

Mad Heads & More Huana (rock); Docker Pub, 10 p.m., Hr 75
www.docker.com.ua

Strong Time & Karnavalnaya Zhara; Docker’s ABC, 10 p.m., Hr 75
www.abc.docker.com.ua

Jean Tonic; Porter Pub, 10 p.m., 9.30 p.m., free admission
www.porter.com.ua

Mj Project (cover band); Art Club 44, 10 p.m., Hr 50
www.club44.com.ua


Clubs

Dyadya Zhora DJ set; Saxon Club, 11 p.m., Hr 30- 50 for females, Hr 40-60 for males
www.saxonclub.com.ua

Dance Heroes; Seven Music Club, 10 p.m., Hr 30
www.se7en.com.ua

Desperados Party (Mexico style); Dorothy Pub, 9 p.m., free admission
www.pubdorothy.com.ua


Theater

Bremen musicians (musical for children); Franko Ukrainian Drama Theater; 12 a.m., Hr 10-30
ft.org.ua

Too happy a father (Comedy) Lesya Ukrainka Russian Drama Theater, 12 a.m., Hr 30-200
www.rusdram.com.ua

Spartacus (Ballet); National Opera Theater of Ukraine; 7 p.m., Hr 20-180

operacomua.colocall.com

Lettice and Lavindzh (Fun with ghosts); Suzirya Theater, 7 p.m., Hr 80
www.suzirja.org.ua

A human voice (Erotic tragedy); Golden Gates Theater, 7 p.m., Hr 60
zoloti-vorota.kiev.ua


Shows

Stars of San Remo, (the stars of Italian popular music); Palats Ukraina, 7 p.m., Hr 200-3,490
npmu.com.ua

Chris Rea (see our review here) (British rock and blues); Palats Ukraina, Hr 300-1,100
npmu.com.ua

The Crazy Horse (see our review here) (French cabaret); Kyiv National Academic Theater of Operetta, 3:30 p.m., 6 p.m., 8:30 p.m., Hr 300-1,600
operacomua.colocall.com


Miscellaneous

Kvartal-95 (Comedy show in Russian and Ukrainian); Freedom Hall, Hr 800-2,500
www.freedomhall.com.ua


For tickets online, please visit
kvytky.ua, parter.ua, freedomhall.com.ua,
bilethouse.com.ua, karabas.com, or biletik.ua.




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Have fun!]]> Classical Music

Subscription No. 6, “Violin Music,” Ilian Gytnets (violin) of Moldova and Ukraine’s National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, playing Sibelius, Beethoven; National Philharmonic; 7 p.m., Hr 40-110.
www.filarmonia.com.ua/en

Mariya Lipinska (mecco-soprano), Vitaliy Chikirov (baritone), Koshuba on organ performing Caccini, Bach, Handel, Shubert, Frank, Donizetti; House of Organ Music, 7:30 p.m., Hr 20-50.
www.organhall.kiev.ua

“Classics on Fridays,” with Olga Rivniak and her students (violin); Master Klass, 8 p.m., Hr 40.
masterklass.org


Movies

“My week with Marilyn” (see our review here) - (in Ukrainian), Biographical Drama; Zhovten and others, 6 p.m., 7:50 p.m., 9:25 p.m. Hr 15-60
www.zhovten-kino.kiev.ua


Live Music

Motor’rolla & Red Rocks (rock); Docker Pub, 10 p.m., Hr 75
www.docker.com.ua

Bangladesh Orchestra & Crazy Train (rock covers); Docker’s ABC, 10 p.m., Hr 75
www.abc.docker.com.ua

Crazy Train; Porter Pub, 8 p.m., free Without Limits (pop-rock); Art Club 44, 10 p.m., Hr 50
www.porter.com.ua


Clubs

Crazy Cabaret with Burlesque Show Girls; Bionica club, 10 p.m., Hr 30-50 for females, Hr 50-70 for males
www.bionicaclub.com.ua

RU.Music party; Seven Music Club, 10 p.m., Hr 50 for female, Hr 100 for male
www.se7en.com.ua

DJ Anastacia Dance Show; Party Room, 11 p.m., Hr 50 for females, Hr 100 for males
www.partyroom.com.ua

Myasorubka with DJ Mad Dog (Italy); Cinema Club, 11 p.m., Hr 100
cinemaclub.kiev.ua


Theater

A Wife is a Wife (scenes from Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov); Franko Ukrainian Drama Theater, 7 p.m., Hr.15-170

ft.org.ua

Don Quixote. The year 1938 (drama); Lesya Ukrainka Russian Drama Theater; 7 p.m., Hr 35-75
www.rusdram.com.ua

Playing a clavicorn (love story); Koleso Theater; 7 p.m.; Hr 60
www.koleso.teatr.kiev.ua

Dangerous liaisons (drama); Drama & Comedy Theater on the left bank of Dnipro; 7 p.m.; Hr 70
www.drama-comedy.kiev.ua

Sen-Jermen’s mirror (Comedy by Boris Akunin); Kiev Academic Drama Theater on Podol, 7 p.m., Hr 70
www.theatreonpodol.com


Show

The Crazy Horse (see our review here) (French cabaret); Kyiv National Academic Theater of Operetta, 3:30 p.m., 6 p.m., 8:30 p.m., Hr 300-1,600
operacomua.colocall.com


For tickets online, please visit
kvytky.ua, parter.ua, freedomhall.com.ua,
bilethouse.com.ua, karabas.com, or biletik.ua.





Your comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome – you can write to the lifestyle team at ls@kyivpost.com.]]> http://www.kyivpost.com/news/guide/sevendays/music/detail/121738/ Music Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:30:29 +0200
Among the nominees are Andrii Danylko, Victor Pavlyk, Iryna Bilyk and Taisiia Povalii.

The idea belongs to the owner of ISTIL Group and Kyiv Post publisher Mohammad Zahoor and Pavlo Shylko, better known as DJ Pasha, who will host and produce the show.

YUNA organizers have had quite an adventure in the past few months. They had to overcome the distrust of performers who are used to corrupt shows, the results of which are pre-determined.

They had to convince many foreign stars to come to Ukraine, a nation which has never paid them a penny in royalties.

They had to convince the skeptics in the audience that the show will be unprecedented.

But despite everything, YUNA is going to happen. Organizers are promising many surprises.

Thomas Anders, a pop singer from Germany and the former front man of “Modern Talking,” Karl Frierson, the former leader of “De Phazz” and many other big names will be taking part.

The YUNA ceremony will last for two hours and be edited down to a 1.5-hour televised version that will be broadcast on Inter channel on Feb. 12.

Wed, Feb. 8, 7 p.m., Palats Ukraina, 103 Velyka Vasylkivska St., 247-2303.
Tickets: Hr 80-1,750
TV broadcast on Inter TV Sun, Feb. 12, at 11 p.m.]]> http://www.kyivpost.com/news/guide/sevendays/spec/detail/121736/ Special Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:19:12 +0200
A circular image reflecting the Buddhist vision of spiritual reality is claimed to heal, relieve stress, bring luck and open new possibilities. It can also simply be a highly original piece of art in your home.

Luckily, you don’t need to travel to Tibet to get one. Andrey Zinchuk, an artist and psychologist living in Kyiv, will help you to create a mandala and even teach you the proper way to meditate on it.

In the Hindu and Buddhist traditions, the mandalas are shaped as a square with four gates containing a circle with a center point. The focus is where the magic happens – past, present and future converge, erasing barriers of time.

In one form or another, the mandalas have been part of many different cultures – Indian, Chinese, Tibetan, Celtic, South America and even Slavic. In Christianity elements of the mandala can be seen in the art of rose windows or halos.

Sun, Feb 5, 12 p.m. – 6 p.m., 30 Pobedy St, office 26, 093-567-15-09, 096-547-94-71, gut-trener@yandex.ru, ticket: Hr 250.]]> http://www.kyivpost.com/news/guide/sevendays/clubs/detail/121735/ Clubs Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:14:35 +0200
Full of passion, it will excite any warm-blooded person out there.

But don’t be quick to dismiss the Crazy Horse as simply a provocative striptease. They have turned seduction into an art form, and have performed in front of such luminaries as President John F. Kennedy, Liza Minnelli, Kevin Costner and Quentin Tarantino.

The 90-minute show is filled with humor, dazzling choreography and barely visible costumes.

The cabaret’s website, www.lecrazyhorseparis.com, boasts that 2,500 pairs of stockings, 500 liters of body make-up and 300 lipsticks specially made in the shade “Rouge Crazy” (Crazy Red) are used by the dancers each year.

The dancers themselves are called exuberant names such as Diva Novita and Baby Light. All 10 girls are drop dead gorgeous, and could even pass for being sisters.

Founder Allen Bernardine set strict aesthetic criteria for the performers’ height, waist measurements and distance between various body parts.

The troupe is quite international, with dancers hailing from countries such as France, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Italy, Switzerland, Romania and Ukraine.

Wed, Thu, Feb. 8, 9 -7 p.m.; Fri, Feb. 10 - 6 p.m., 8:30 p.m.; Sat, Feb. 11 - 3:30 p.m., 6 p.m., 8:30 p.m.; Sun, Feb. 12 - 3 p.m.,5:30 p.m., 8 p.m., Kyiv National Academic Theatre of Operetta, 53/3 Chervonoarmiyska St., tickets: Hr 300-1600.]]> http://www.kyivpost.com/news/guide/sevendays/clubs/detail/121734/ Clubs Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:09:11 +0200
Artfully combining elegance, luxury and femininity, her varied talents will be on display. Assisted by 10 models, she will present 30 special hand-made dresses from her new collection.

To celebrate, Le Reve is throwing an after work party at Kokos Supperclub where the public is invited to see the collection and then dance all night long. Arrive before 11 p.m. or you might not get in!

Given the spring is almost around the corner, you might want to consider joining the party.

Fri, Feb. 10, from 6:30 until 5:30 a.m., Fashion show starts at 8:45 p.m.
Entrance: Hr 50, RSVP to ruben@kievglam.com, details on www.facebook.com/kievglam.]]> http://www.kyivpost.com/news/guide/sevendays/spec/detail/121733/ Special Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:04:10 +0200
Thousands of miles away in Indianapolis, the 46th Superbowl will be getting ready to kick off at 1.30 a.m. (Kyiv time) – and the drinks will be flowing at bars in Ukraine’s capital that are staying open all night for the game.]]>
Irish-style bar O’Briens can fit in up to 200 fans and viewers and will stay open through the night, rather than closing at 2 a.m. as usual. The pub will offer dark German beer at Hr 29 rather than the usual Hr 38.

Arizona BBQ will hold its annual Super Bowl party, including a DJ playing rock and roll before the game and during the breaks and dancing along to Madonna for the half-time show.

Golden Gate will also stay open for the game, but says it will offer no special program.

Mon, Feb. 6, 1.30 a.m.
O’Briens – 17a Mykhailovska, 279-1584
Arizona BBQ – 25 Naberezhno-Khreshchatytska, 425-2438
Golden Gate – 15 Zolotovorotska , 235-5188]]> http://www.kyivpost.com/news/guide/sevendays/galleries/detail/121729/ Galleries Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:50:37 +0200 Check our new photogallery - Winter fun in Protasiv Yar

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]]> http://www.kyivpost.com/news/guide/sevendays/movies/detail/121727/ Movies Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:36:46 +0200 There are no festivals taking place in Kyiv at the moment.

Instead, the Kyiv Post is bringing you reviews of all three movies currently screening in foreign languages, and a review of the much-hyped latest production of Madonna.

Unfortunately, her film is only screening with Ukrainian dubbing.]]> Unfortunately, her film is only screening with Ukrainian dubbing.


THIRD STAR
Comedy, Drama
USA 2010, 92’
Language: English with Ukrainian subtitles
Directed by Hattie Dalton
Feb. 3, 6-8 at 2:30 p.m. and 6 p.m., Feb. 4-5 at 11 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Zhovten

Online and social media are busting with articles about time management, but what is the recipe of using time wisely for those who have not so much of it left?

James is 29 when he finds out that he has cancer and won’t celebrate his 30th birthday.

Asking his three closest friends to accompany him, the young man heads to his favorite place on earth – a beautiful and wild Welsh beach.

As James has troubles with his legs, his friends help him to move around on a special cart, and the closer their goal is, the harder it is for him to walk, and the more frank their conversations get.

Having no time to change his own life, James tells his pals what’s wrong with theirs.

Strong and beautiful, this drama impresses, without the annoying artificial tear-jerking.


WAITING LIST (LISTA DE ESPARA)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Spain 2000, 107’
Language: Spanish with Russian subtitles
Directed by Juan Carlos Tabío
Feb. 7 at 7 p.m.
Master Class Cultural Center

Everyone has found themselves on a bus stop right after its departure at least once in their lives, but in the city it’s quite easy to catch some other type of transport.

The situation is much more complicated when the terminal is somewhere in the middle of Cuba, where there is no other choice but to wait.

A weird group of 16 people, including a married couple, young lovers, a blind man and a party official, are forced to spend the night and even the next day together and come up with many great ways to have fun.

So, when they get a chance to leave early, no one wants to go any more.


VERTIGO
Mystery, Romance
Brazil 1958, 128’
Language: English with English subtitles
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Feb. 9 at 7 p.m.
Master Class Cultural Center

Vertigo is a pleasant experience when it’s caused by a girl you are in love with or a sudden success. But it turns into disaster, when it becomes chronic.

Detective Scottie Ferguson discovers he has acrophobia (irrational fear of heights) after his partner is killed while trying to save him from falling off a high building.

Getting vertigo each time he has to tackle a couple of stairs, he is forced to leave his career.

However, when his friend asks him to follow his spirit-possessed wife, Scottie agrees.

After saving Madeleine from suicide, former detective falls for her to discover she seems to feel the same.



W.E.
Drama, Romance
Ireland 2011, 119’
Language: Ukrainian
Directed by Madonna
From Feb.2
Most Kyiv cinemas

Hammered by the critics for “weak performances” and “risible dialogues,” Madonna’s movie “W.E” flopped at the 68th Venice Film Festival last September.

However, the 53-year-old American pop icon dismisses the negative feedbacks as exaggerated and evil.

W.E. stands for the names of the main characters: a divorced American woman Wallis Simpson and British king Edward VIII, who falls for her so badly that he gives up his throne to be with his ladylove.

Wally, a lonely writer living in Manhattan of 1998, is the third heroine of the plot – she is so inspired with the romantic and dramatic love story from the 1930th that it prompts her own investigation.


MASTER CLASS CULTURAL CENTER
16 Lavrska St., 594-1063
www.masterklass.org


ZHOVTEN
26 Kostyantynivska St., 205-5951
www.zhovten-kino.kiev.ua


KYIV
19 Velyka Vasylkivska St. (former Chervonoarmiyska), 234-7381
www.kievkino.com.ua


SEE MORE SCHEDULES ON
http://kino.ukr.net/cinema/kiev/]]> http://www.kyivpost.com/news/guide/sevendays/music/detail/121725/ Music Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:21:51 +0200 Happy reggae birthday, Bob]]>
But it seems that Art Club 44 does not share this superstition.

Although Bob Marley was actually born on Feb. 6, the club has wisely moved its celebration to Saturday, Feb. 4.

The reggae party will be headlined by the Ukrainian reggae-funk band Flyzzza.

They will be presenting a new album called “Global Warming,” which sounds ironic in the ridiculously cold weather that descended on Kyiv in late January.

And anyway, if there is something that can warm up a frosty February night, it’s surely the reggae rhythms.

Sat., Feb. 4, 10 p.m. Entrance Hr 50.


ART CLUB 44
44B Khreshchatyk St., 279-4137
www.club44.com.ua
Concerts start at 10 p.m.

Feb. 3 Pushkin, cover band, Hr 50
Feb. 4 Bob Marley’s birthday, Flyzzza, reggae, Hr 50
Feb. 5 Soyuz 44, jazz jam session, free admission
Feb. 6 Alexey Revenko band, rock, free admission
Feb. 7 Yankee Kozyr Orchestra, pop-rock, free admission
Feb. 8 Switch on the light, pop-rock, Hr 30
Feb. 9 RockerJocker & Cash, alcoholic drive, Hr 50


DOCKER PUB
25 Bohatyrska St., metro Heroyiv Dnipra, 537-1340
www.docker.com.ua
Concerts start at 9-10 p.m.

Feb. 3 Partizanskie Vytivky, Russian rock hits, Hr 75
Feb. 4 Tabula Rasa, disco rock, Hr 75
Feb. 5 7B & Tex-Mex Company, blues, country rock, fee to be announced
Feb. 7 Tex-Mex Company, blues, country rock, free admission
Feb. 8 The Magma, pop-rock, free admission
Feb. 9 Labirint 02 & Crazy Train, rock hits covers, Hr 50


DOCKER’S ABC
15 Khreshchatyk St., 278-1717,
www.abc.docker.com.ua
Concerts start at 10 p.m.

Feb. 3 Tabula Rasa and Red Rocks, rock, Hr 75
Feb. 4 Renaissance & Partizanskie Vytivky, Russian rock, Hr 75
Feb. 5 Crazy Train, rock hit covers, free admission
Feb. 6 Animals Session, classic rock, free admission
Feb. 7 More Huana, cover band, Hr 20
Feb. 8 Rockin’ Wolves, rock, Hr 30
Feb. 9 Chill Out, disco rock, Hr 30


PORTER PUB
2A Konstyantynivska St., 536-9571
www.porter.com.ua
Concerts start at 8 to 9.30 p.m. Free admission.

Feb. 3 Green Light, covers of 70s and 80s hits
Feb. 4 Carte Blanche, cover band
Feb. 6 Max Tavrichesky, blues and rock hits covers
Feb. 7 SyndiCat
Feb. 8 Doctor Feel Good


Other live music clubs:

SHLYAPA, 14 Gorkogo St., 287-2222, www.shlyapa.kiev.ua
DAKOTA, 14B Stalingrada St., 468-7410, www.dakotapub.com
ROUTE 66, 87/30 Zhylyanskaya St., 584-3865, www.route66.com.ua
GOLDEN GATE IRISH PUB, 15 Zolotovoritska St., 235-5188, www.goldengatepubkiev.com
TO DUBLIN IRISH PUB, 4 Raisy Okipnoi St., 569-5531, www.to-dublin.com.ua
PIVNA NO.1 ON BASEYNA, 15 Baseyna St., 287-44-34, www.pivna1.com.ua
DRAFT, 1/2 Khoryva St., metro Kontraktova Ploshcha, 463-7330
KHLIB CLUB, 12 Frunze St., www.myspace.com/xlibclub
CHESHIRE CAT, 9 Sklyarenko St., 428-2717
O’BRIEN’S, 17A Mykhaylivska St., 279-1584
DAKOTA, 14G Heroyiv Stalinhrada St., 468-7410
U KRUZHKI, 12/37 Dekabrystiv St., 562-6262.
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But to enjoy it, you will also have to possess a taste for alternative electronic music.

The ninth annual festival will feature big names specializing in innovative mixes of electronic samples, drum patters and vocals, making up musical styles such as drum’n’bass, dubstep and moombahton.

It will explode on Kyiv’s stage, featuring such international bands as The Prototypes, Alex Calver aka Calvertron, Chasing Shadows, Dubsidia and others.

Many of the genres featuring at the festival have appeared recently.

Moombahton, for instance, was invented by an American DJ only three years ago at his cousin’s high school homecoming party, where he mixed a song called “Moombah” with elements from the Latino genre reggaeton.

So, if you want a night of musical discovery, Ideology might be just for you.

Sat, Jan. 28, 10 p.m., club “Home,” 8 Zhmachenko St., tickets: Hr 60.]]> http://www.kyivpost.com/news/guide/sevendays/galleries/detail/121258/ Galleries Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:57:39 +0200
Taking inspiration from traditional Byzantine iconography but giving it a new twist, Ohapkin creates icons with a distinctive Ukrainian flavor.

Familiar saints appear in gentle pastels and traditional Ukrainian clothing, with backgrounds adorned with flowers. Even the figures appear to have recognizably Slavic features.

Art historians have called Ohapkin’s modern icons “religious poetry in color,” inspiring the mood of reverence and peace.

Tue, Jan. 31 – Feb. 14, art hall of Olga Bogomolec “Cairos,” 22/7 Instytutska St. (enter from Shovkovychna St.), 11 a.m. – 7 p.m., except Sun-Mon, 097-011-7210, free admission.]]> http://www.kyivpost.com/news/guide/sevendays/music/detail/121256/ Music Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:53:13 +0200
And you get to be the jury!

The Romanians are bringing an army of 12 participants, who proudly embody the gypsy tradition with free-spiritedness, while also paying respect to Turkish and Jewish influences. One of the highlights of the night is the saxophonist firing up the crowd by improvising on a whim. No scores, is the band’s rule.

The Serbian Boban and Marko Markovic Orchestra put maestro trumpet skills above personal relationships. Marko had to practice 10 hours a day to get into his father Boban’s band, which had by then existed for 12 years.

Along with gypsy ethno, the musicians add some archaic jazz and Balkan rhythms to the mix.

Mon, Jan. 30, 8 p.m., Crystal Hall, 1 Dniprovsky Spusk, 288-5069, get tickets at www.parter.ua, karabas.com, bilet.open.ua, tickets: Hr 250-350.]]> http://www.kyivpost.com/news/guide/sevendays/clubs/detail/121255/ Clubs Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:50:03 +0200
Although here “dynamic” doesn’t translate into rhythmic work-out beats, Kouns combines saxophone, violin, flute and vintage synthesizers with atonal melodies, often resembling chanting or a “cry of the soul.” Hinchey presents unexpected blend of sounds, at times resembling ethnic motifs.

Sun, Jan. 29, 7:30 p.m., club-restaurant “Divan,” 2 Bessarabska Square, 235-73-66, tickets: Hr 30-50.]]> http://www.kyivpost.com/news/guide/sevendays/classic/detail/121254/ Classical Music, Opera, Ballet Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:46:25 +0200
But the show kept gaining popularity and eventually even Pierre Cardin facilitated a performance in Paris, then another one on Broadway and all over Europe. Records sold like hotcakes and composer Aleksiy Rybnikov and libretto poet Anrdiy Rybnikov became household names.

A tragic love story, Juno and Avos are surprisingly the names of two ships, not lovers. Based on real life events, the musical is set in the 18th century when the Russian explorer Nikolai Rezanov ventures to California to replenish supplies for the Russian colony in Alaska.

But there is no escape from love. He meets a beautiful 16 year-old Konchita Arguelyo, the daughter of a San Francisco commander and promises to return for her. But after 35 years of waiting in vain, Konchita ends up as a nun in a monastery.

Fri, Feb. 3, 7 p.m., Palats Ukraina, 103 Chervonoarmiyska St., tickets: Hr 160 – 1500. ]]> http://www.kyivpost.com/news/guide/sevendays/movies/detail/121251/ Movies Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:37:30 +0200 Two movie festivals are happening in Kyiv this week: one of them is full of Serbian dramas, and the other one – “The evenings of the French films”- has five French movies in its schedule.
The Kyiv Post is presenting previews of the French films that will screen in the Kyiv cinema. To see a full schedule and previews of the Serbian movies, and more, please visit www.kievkino.com.ua. ]]> MY WORST NIGHTMARE (MON PIRE CAUCHEMAR)
Comedy
France 2011, 103’
Language: French with Ukrainian subtitles
Directed by Anne Fontaine
Jan. 27 at 9 p.m., Jan. 30 at 9 p.m., Jan. 31 at 7 p.m.

Agathe’s world might seem perfect: she is a well-educated woman with sophisticated taste, she owns a chic art gallery and shares a posh apartment in the heart of Paris with her loving husband Francois and son Adrien.

But it appears that the more elegant the closet looks, the nastier skeletons hide in it. The marriage of Agathe and Francois has iced over long ago.

The fire of passion ignites in their house again when Francois invites a talky and booze-loving unemployed handyman Patrick to live with them, fixing things while he's at it. For cold and bossy Agathe, Patrick becomes a real headache, but she learns to tolerate his behavior, as their sons grow to be close friends.

And while Agathe spends more and more time with Patrick, Francois falls for Julie, a young social worker who helps Patrick to prove to the social services that he cares enough about his son for them not to take him away.


THE ARTIST
Romance, Comedy, Drama
Belgium 2011, 100’
Language: French with Ukrainian subtitles
Directed by Michel Hazanavicius
Jan. 28 at 7 p.m.

Now that vintage jewelry made a huge comeback, after photographers are shelving their digital cameras to take photos with film cameras, it seems that silent movies are clawing their way back to big screens.

At least, one of them is. A silent and black-and-white movie, “The Artist”, has a chance of even getting an Oscar this year, as it is among the nine films nominated for Best Picture by the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The film tells a story of a narcissistic silent actor George Valentin’s fall. When sound comes to Hollywood in the late 1920s, he just couldn’t bare it.

While Valentin decides to keep producing silent movies, his lover and one of his extras Peppy Miller becomes a film star, using all the advantages of her beautiful voice.


TOMBOY
Drama
France 2011, 84’
Language: French with Ukrainian subtitles
Directed by Céline Sciamma
Jan. 27 at 7 p.m., Jan. 28 at 9 p.m., Feb.1 at 9 p.m.

Michael, who has just arrived to a little town close to Paris along with his parents and a six-year-old sister, is 10 years old.

He is funny, active and makes new friends easily. And he also is... a girl.

When Lisa first spotted the newcomer, she thought that the short-haired person is a boy. So Michael, who is actually called Laura, decides to play along at first.

But the game ends up to be a mess when it turns out that Lisa is in love with Michael.



17 GIRLS (17 FILLES)
Drama
France 2011, 90’
Language: French with Ukrainian subtitles
Directed by Delphine and Muriel Couline
Jan. 29 at 7 p.m., Jan. 31 at 9 p.m., Feb.1 at 7 p.m.

Most often, young women first grow up before getting pregnant. But 17 school girls from a small town in Brittany decide that pregnancy will be their ticket to adulthood.

When she discovers she is pregnant, Camille convinces her girlfriends that it’s cool, and from now on, only those of her friends who are also growing bellies, will be allowed into her inner circle.

To the shock of parents and teachers, girls get pregnant one by one, seducing or even bribing their boyfriends.

Based on a real story of 18 girls in America who agreed on a “pregnancy pact,” the drama provokes mixed feelings, from laughter to confusion and shows an unusual angle of the subject of early pregnancy.


A DISTANT NEIGHBORHOOD (QUARTIER LOINTAIN)
Fantasy, Drama
France 2010, 98’
Language: Russian with Ukrainian subtitles
Directed by Sam Garbarski
Jan. 29 at 9 p.m., Jan. 30 at 7 p.m.

People often fantasize about things they would change if they had a chance to travel to the past. But science doesn’t know any of such people.

However, a successful cartoonist called Thomas Zorn, takes the wrong train and travels to his home town 40 years back.

Without looking for reasons of such a journey or any clues that it’s not a dream, Zorn devotes all his energy and time to find out why his father had left his family, and to making him stay.

KYIV
19 Velyka Vasylkivska St. (former Chervonoarmiyska), 234-7381
www.kievkino.com.ua]]>