Acting luck: Kemstach in armor, Kurylenko is looking for the "Mona Lisa"

Alexey Chadov presents the sci-fi comedy "(Not)artificial intelligence". But Chadov himself does not play there, the main star of the picture is Leon Kemstach from "The Boy's Word". The last roles of Roman Madyanov and Evgenia Dobrovolskaya can be seen in the comedies "Men's Rules of my grandfather" and "My friend, the Cat and Pushkin". Olga Kurylenko participates in the treasure hunt in the action film "The World is on Fire", and the Italian drama "7 kilometers from Jerusalem" rethinks the Gospel.

"(Non)artificial intelligence", 6+

Directed by Alexey Chadov. Starring: Leon Kemstach, Igor Khripunov, Alexander Samoylenko, Igor Zizhikin

There was a lot of footage about the good relationship between humans and robots, and it wasn't just Star Wars, where C3RO was more humane than many humanoids. This is a huge layer of cinema, where a huge distance has been traveled from "Terminator" to "A Robot named Chappie" and "Finch". The creators of the film "(Non)artificial intelligence" needed an original concept in order not to get lost against the background of successful, expensive and often very talented Western competitors.

And a concept was found, and one that would significantly reduce the cost of producing the painting. It is difficult to play and film the interaction of a human and a robot so that tears come to your eyes and there is a complete connection. Therefore, they came up with the idea that Leon Kemstach would not be next to the robot, but inside it. And they will have a dialogue. It's very convenient: Kemstach plays out his scenes in the studio alone, and then a robot is inserted into the game scenes on the computer. Dramaturgically justified, cheap and angry. And it's witty, maybe not like Cyber Village, but it's accessible to a family audience.

"My grandfather's Men's Rules", 12+

Directed by Pavel Voronin. Starring: Roman Madyanov, Agatha Mutseniece, Maxim Matuzny, Gleb Bochkov, Ivan Makarevich

Roman Madyanov has been missing for more than a year, and every time the films where he managed to play are released, the attitude towards them is special. It's like an opportunity to thank him for all the images he's created in half a century of cinema. From Huck Finn's "Completely Lost" to his golden period, when there were "12", "Split", "Once upon a time there was a woman", "The Frenchman" and, of course, the brilliant role in "Leviathan", where Madyanov outplayed everyone. It's just a pity that Madyanov doesn't have many main roles: his charisma is too powerful, his energy is too intense, and it's almost impossible to sustain the entire film on such a charge. Therefore, most often Madyanov has episodes or a background.

"My grandfather's Men's Rules" is a rare case when Madyanov plays the main role. And you can see how a great artist enhances his rather simple character every second of his on-screen existence, turning him from a stereotypical grandfather of the "old school" into a lively, cunning sage who has drama inside, and closes himself off with truisms. And his grandson doesn't need him, but he needs his grandson. And who knows, they would have done something if the boy hadn't had purple bangs.

"The world is on fire", 18+

Directed by J. J. Perry. Starring: Dave Batista, Olga Kurylenko, Christopher Hivew, Samuel L. Jackson

It is believed that humanity can be divided into two parts according to the answer to the question of a burning house, from where a kitten or a Rembrandt painting can be taken out. We will not assume now which part of the respondents would prevail here, the more important thing is that quite a lot of plots are based on this dilemma, and "The World on Fire" is just one of them. This is a dystopia about the Earth of the near future, plunging into chaos and barbarism. The naive authors of the picture believe that something like this must happen for this process, for example, a solar flare that will knock out all the electronics on the planet.

Anyway, the outbreak is destroying familiar societies, and now the new and, curiously, black ruler of the British Isles decides that if there is a future for humanity, it is connected with culture. This means that you need to collect and preserve the main cultural artifacts, and for this you need to send one adventurer in search of the Mona Lisa. Bullets will whistle, tanks will shoot, helicopters will fall, but the whole auditorium will have to answer the rhetorical question about the burning house.

"My friend, the cat and Pushkin", 6+

Directed by Alyona Mikhailova. Starring: Alisa Konashenkova, Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Evgenia Dobrovolskaya, Mikhail Evlanov

There is more and more Pushkin in our cinema, and each film is more amazing than the other. Sarik Andreasyan will turn "Eugene Onegin" into prose, then Yura Borisov will start rapping and dancing in "The Prophet", then Evgeny Tkachuk will turn into "Evgeny Telegin". How much all this brings us closer to the Russian poet and helps us understand him better is debatable. But to what extent the public is eager to see this poetry from a new perspective, you can find out by quite objective indicators: on Monday there will be preliminary rental results, you can watch. So far, analysts say that "August" and "Dracula" will remain in the lead.

Directed by Alyona Mikhailova (not to be confused with the actress from "Tchaikovsky's Wife", "Chick" and "Crimes and Punishments") I made a movie about how Pushkin became the reason for a children's rap battle. Moreover, the main character, teenager Milana, is helped by a magical cat, in which the soul of young Pushkin lives. The one who wrote, for example:

So, Natalia! I admit it,

I'm full of you,

It's the first time yet, I'm ashamed,

In love with feminine charms.

And this Pushkin cat will help Milan deal with her rival and win the poetry contest. This has never happened in our cinema, but now it does.

"7 kilometers from Jerusalem", 18+

Directed by Claudio Malaponti. Starring: Luca Ward, Alessandro Etrusco, Alessandra Barzaghi

There is something eccentric about releasing a 2007 Italian film called "7 Kilometers from Jerusalem" in Russia on Yom Kippur. And even then, when this geolocation can mean anything, including the points of "arrivals" or terrorist attacks. But even more interesting is that the film is actually about how an Italian man decided to take a walk in the vicinity of an ancient city and met someone there who says things that no one can know about, and also reports that 2000 years ago everything was not exactly as described in the Gospel, but Right now, the advertiser Alessandro finds out the truth.

It's unusual, it's esoteric, it's not at all the movie you're waiting for today. But that's also its value. It is strange that he came up with an idea, appeared, gathered dust somewhere all these years in obscurity, and now, like an apocrypha discovered in the ruins, suddenly fell on us and goes on the big screen, where, for example, the winner of the Cannes Film Festival "A Simple Accident" by Jafar Panahi is not allowed. This paradox even has its own poetics, you just have to make yourself feel it. And everything will fall into place.