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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee


Language: English

Drama/USA (2009)

Directed by Rebecca Miller

Starring Robin Wright Penn, Alan Arkin, Keanu Reeves and Wynona Rider.


Glowing and beautiful 50-year-old Pippa Lee seems to be leading a perfect life. She’s happily married to a publisher 30-years older than herself, and is proud of her successful children. Friends and neighbors love her. But her delicate inner serenity gets disrupted, when her husband decides to move from New York to a retirement community and has an affair with a woman even younger than herself. From Mrs. Lee’s reflections on her past life, we learn that she’s been through a lot. And now that her cozy family world is falling apart, she finds herself quietly heading towards a nervous breakdown.




Little Ashes


Language: English

Drama/UK (2008)

Directed by Paul Morrison

Starring Robert Pattinson, Javier Beltran, Matthew McNulty and Marina Gatell.


Turns out, Robert Pattinson – whose poster from the film “Twilight” probably now hangs in every other teenage girl’s bedroom – played in a “serious” movie, before he got involved in the top popular vampire saga. He played none other than the genius Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali. The film tells of the young and ambitious Dali. He just arrived at university in Madrid and quickly attracts attention of two celebrity students – future great poet Federico Garcia Lorca and future iconic film director Luis Bunuel. For some time the three remain the most modern group in Madrid. But after a time Bunuel drifts away, and Dali and Lorca form a truly intimate friendship.




Prophet

Language: French

Comedy/USA (2009)

Directed by Jacques Audiard

Starring Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif and others

The winner of the Grand Prize of the Jury at Cannes 2009, “A Prophet” by Jacques Audiard is a fascinating story of a man who grows into a personality while locked inside prison walls. French Arab Malik El Djebena is sentenced to six years in a corrupt prison ran by criminal clans. Starting off vulnerable, shy and inarticulate, he’s easily bullied by the leader of the prison’s Corsican gang. But El Djebena quickly shows change. Almost illiterate at the start, he learns all that he needs to know not only to survive but also to advance in his career behind the bars. Best known internationally for the films “Read My Lips” and “The Beat That My Heart Skipped,” French director Audiard once again shows himself as master of emotional intensity and careful study of human nature.





Future Shorts Autumn 2009


Language: French, English

Directed by Michel Gondry, Eric Lerner, Olivier Babinet, Luke Shanahan and others

Future shorts series presents a collection of 10 short films dedicated to autumn 2009. Most of the films are participants and winners of various film festivals. “The News” by Luke Shanahan is a black comedy about a couple who have astonishing news for each other. “La Babrichette” (Beard) stars Vincent Cassel and tells about three brothers who spend their days seating in front of a TV. “Sugar Water” by Michel Gondry is a beautiful musical video for the song by Cibo Matto. “C’est Plutot Genre Johnny Walker” by Olivier Babinet is about a strange young who gets kicked out of the apartment by his girlfriend, and goes to stay with his strange friend.






Butterfly Ultramarine

1A Uritskoho, 206-0350, 206-0370, www.kino-butterfly.com.ua

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee – Nov. 12-18 at 7:10 p.m., 9 p.m.



Kyiv


19 Chervonoarmiyska (Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho metro), 251-2199, 234-7381, www.kievkino.com.ua

A Prophet– Nov. 12-18 at noon.


Zhovten

26 Konstyantynivska, 205-5951, www.zhovten-kino.kiev.ua

Little Ashes– Nov. 12 at 9:20 p.m., Nov. 13 at 1:05 p.m., 5:20 p.m., 9:35 p.m., Nov.14-15 at 3 p.m., 9:35 p.m., Nov. 16 at 6:30 p.m., Nov. 17 at 12:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 9:35 p.m.

Future Shorts Autumn 2009– Nov. 13 at 1:05 p.m., Nov. 14-15 at 1:10 p.m., Nov. 16 at 1:10 p.m.