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Nicole Kidman in "The Others." (outnow.ch) The Others

Language: English

Mystery/Horror/USA/Spain/France (2001)

Directed by Alejandro Amenabar

Starring Nicole Kidman, Cristopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan and others


An unexpected film from the Chilean-born director Alejandro Amenabar, who previously only worked in Spanish-speaking cinema, proved to be a deliciously haunting mysterious thriller with Nicole Kidman in one of her best roles ever. Close to the end of World War II, a woman named Grace (Kidman) retires to an old mansion with her two young children, to wait for her husband’s return from the war. The children are suffering from a rare decease – they are badly hurt by direct sunlight, therefore the house is always kept in semi-darkness creating an ominous atmosphere. Strange things start to happen, and first Grace blames her rather odd servants, and then becomes convinced the house is haunted. But the real truth is a lot scarier. Those who watching the film for the first time are in for a treat.


Primo Amore

Language: Italian

Drama/Italy (2004)

Directed by Matteo Garrone

Starring Vitaliano Trevisan, Michela Cescon and others


Vittorio turns to classified ads in a newspaper to find his ideal woman. Thus he meets a sweet and intelligent Sonia, but her weight – 125 pounds (56 kilos) – he considers excessive. A goldsmith by profession, Vittorio wishes to shape Sonia’s body and mind – like gold. Sonia passively submits to Vittorio’s ambitions, and the couple isolate themselves in a country house, they begin to lose touch with reality and the rest of the world.


Bella Martha

Language: German, Italian

Romantic Comedy/Germany/Italy/Austria (2001)

Directed by Sandra Nettelbeck

Starring Martina Gedeck, Sergio Castellito and others


German restaurant chef Martha rules her staff with an iron hand, harshly reacting to any criticisms from customers. She’s confident, stubborn and even when she’s forced to go into therapy she never stops talking about cooking and her work. However Martha has to take on a different approach to life when her sister dies in a car accident, leaving her eight year old daughter in Martha’s care. While struggling to coexist with a headstrong child and looking for her estranged father, Martha runs into another obstacle to her usual ways – new Italian chef Mario, who was just hired at the restaurant.



Diary of a Nymphomaniac

Language: Spanish/French

Drama/Spain (2008)

Directed by Christian Molina

Starring Belen Fabra, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Geraldine Chaplin and others

While staying with her French grandmother Marie, Valere tells her about her rather colorful sexual experiences, and grandma suggests that she writes about it in a diary. Thus Valere starts recalling her promiscuous love life ever since her first sexual experiences. Soon after Val loses her job and her grandma who dies of a heart attack. While looking for a job, she falls in love for the first time with an executive called Jaime. They move in together but soon things get really complex.

ZHOVTEN

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

Primo Amore – March 19 at 3:55 p.m., March 22-24 at 2:10 p.m., 5:50 p.m.

Bella Martha – March 19 at 2 p.m.,5:40 p.m., March 20-21 at 1:45 p.m., 5:40 p.m., March 22-24 at 3:55 p.m.

Diary of a Nymphomaniac – March 19-24 at 7:35 p.m.


MASTER CLASS

34 Mazepy, 594-1063, www.masterklass.org

The Others – March 25 at 7 p.m.