A fairy tale to be: the premiere of "Finist. The First Bogatyr" and Bilan's birthday
On Tuesday, December 24, Dima Bilan celebrated his 43rd birthday in the company of star friends in one of the capital's mansions, which turned into a winter forest for one evening. Meanwhile, the social premiere of one of the most anticipated films of 2025 - the fairy-tale blockbuster "Finist. The First Bogatyr", which was presented by Kirill Zaitsev, Yulia Peresild and Pavel Priluchny. In the last week of 2024, the movie theater hosted several more premiere screenings - "The Last Ronin" and "Nebrilliantovaya ruku". "Izvestia" - about the past secular events.
The secular premiere of the fairy tale "Finist. The first bogatyr."
The last week of the outgoing 2024 year was marked in the calendar by the first big premiere of the coming 2025 - a fairy tale blockbuster "Finist. The first bogatyr", which will be released on January 1. And on Tuesday, December 24 in the walls of the capital's cinema "October" held a private screening of the picture for the secular public. The main character of the story, along with his assistant Melekha and younger Baba Yaga goes on a difficult journey to the mysterious lands of the East, where he will have to understand one simple truth: one in the field is not a warrior. Kirill Zaitsev, who became the main star of the evening, played the role of the most successful, and also the strongest, most agile and beautiful bogatyr of Belogorye.
- I like this clash of two worlds, it was also in "The Last Bogatyr", when our world collided with the Old Russian one. Here it's already a clash with the Eastern world. My hero, for example, does not know about the existence of some fruits or about the Eastern character, does not know about the Eastern cunning. Bogatyrs are usually with a fairly open Russian soul, in some ways even simple-minded," Zaitsev told Izvestia.
On the red carpet - they were as many as three - appeared the project team: Julia Peresild, who played Baba Yaga, Pavel Priluchny, who gave his voice to the camel Jamal, in the company of his son Timofey and wife Zepyur Brutyan, Christina Stroiteleva, embodied on the screen beloved bogatyr Zlata, Sergei Lavygin, who performed the role of Melekha.
Premiere of adventure action movie "The Last Ronin"
The next day - Wednesday, December 25 - "October" hosted the next premiere. This time the secular public was invited to a private screening of the adventure action film "The Last Ronin". The action unfolds in the future, where civilization is almost destroyed due to climate change - the land is scorched, cities destroyed. In this world, where bounty hunters and gangs rule, and the main currency - ammunition, a lonely traveler Ronin to help a teenage girl to get to the place where she was born.
Presented the movie performers of the main roles - Yuri Kolokolnikov, Diana Enakaeva, Alexander Mizev, Robert Yusupov. Daniil Vorobiev, who appeared on the track in a futuristic mask on his face, was especially distinguished. Among the guests of the premiere were Dmitry Chebotarev, Ksenia Dukalis, who recently became a mom, Anna Banshchikova, a rare hero of secular chronicle Eljay, Christina Asmus, Vanya Dmitrienko.
Vorobiev, Kirkorov and Todorenko at the premiere of "Nebrilliantovaya ruku" (The Diamond Hand)
Another premiere in the last week of 2024 in the same "October" was dedicated to the comedy parody "Nebrilliantovaya ruku", which will be shown on TV on December 31. For the guests, the evening was a kind of rehearsal for the New Year - they were treated to olivier, champagne, all to the accompaniment of musicians playing favorite Soviet songs, before the tape was shown on the big screen.
The action of the picture unfolds in a fictional Soviet time in our days. Semyon Gorbunkov, played by Timur Batrutdinov smugglers put a cast in the old Dubai and hide in it not diamonds, but Iphone, hair dryer Dyson, a dress from Zara, a lamp from IKEA. The role of his companion Gennady Kozodoev, who in the movie "Diamond Hand" by Leonid Gaidai performed Andrei Mironov, went to Alexei Vorobyov. Regina Todorenko repeated the image of the heroine Svetlana Svetlichnaya Anna. The cast also included Philip Kirkorov, Katya Lel, Nikita Kologrivy (as Agent 006).
Dima Bilan's Birthday
Toward the end of December, the social calendar was busy, however, not only with movie premieres. Dima Bilan celebrated his 43rd birthday on December 24 and for the first time in many years gathered guests for a big party. The evening was held in the "Mansion on Volkhonka". The children's choir, which performed the artist's hits, greeted each person entering. Going up the stairs to the second floor, the guests entered a room with artifacts - items related to Bilan's childhood and youth. Among them were photos, diaries and archive videos, which were shown on several screens.
In the main hall a winter fairy tale awaited the audience. In the semi-darkness with the warm light of candles grew snow-covered fir trees, among which stretched long tables. Yana Rudkovskaya, Tosya Chaikina, Sergey Burunov, Eldar Dzharakhov and Mona, Joseph Prigozhin, Pelageya, Igor Krutoy and many others came to congratulate their friend. A special place was occupied by Dima's parents - Nina Dmitrievna and Nikolai Mikhailovich Belan. Instead of gifts, the artist asked the guests to donate money to charity through a special application.
