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On the eve of the New Year holidays, there are several long-awaited premieres at once. The "Fir trees" are back in all their glory (and by the end of the first day of rental they are far ahead of all competitors). Elizabeth Olsen came out of the image of the Scarlet Witch in order to meet two ex-husbands in the next world at once in the fantastic dramedy "Eternity". In the meantime, they will pull their loved ones towards their paradise, in the next cinema hall Mads Mikkelsen will play ghostbusters in the thriller "Catch the Monster". For those who like an old friend better than two new ones, re-releases of Luc Besson's "The Fifth Element" and Mamora Hosoda's animated masterpiece "The Wolf Children of Ame and Yuki" are intended. Izvestia has selected the films worth buying a ticket for this weekend.

"Christmas trees 12", 12+

Directed by Olga Dolmatovskaya, Andrey Silkin, Boris Dergachev, Yuri Korobeynikov. Starring: Dmitry Nagiyev, Ruzil Minekaev, Olga Kartunkova, Dmitry Zhuravlev, Masha, Tina Stoilkovich, Julia Topolnitskaya

The twelfth chapter of "Christmas Trees" may well turn out to be the most commercially successful in the series, according to industry sources. There are many reasons for this, and above all, clear and large—scale marketing. It happens that a movie is released, but the viewer is not aware. The situation is reversed here: everyone knows about the "Christmas Trees", this is the main release not only of the weekend, but also of the whole of December.

This time, the authors decided to move away from the usual kaleidoscope format of short stories in favor of a more complete narrative. The plot centers on nine—year-old Vanya, who is trying to save his parents' marriage in the most radical way for the child: by escaping to Veliky Ustyug. A miracle can happen before the chimes strike — or a tragedy if everything goes wrong. The painting works on a combination of recognizable everyday humor and almost fabulous fatalism. And Ruzil Minekaev is now a full-fledged member of a large "Christmas tree" family. Moreover, the star of "The Boy's Words" will return to us in a few days in the form of Harlequin in Igor Voloshin's reinterpreted "Pinocchio". Read the interview with him about it here.

"Eternity", 18+

Directed by David Lowry. Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller, Callum Turner

One Eurydice, two Orpheus. Fantasy-melodrama from the director of "The Legend of the Green Knight" David Lowry. The plot takes place in a postmortem terminal like purgatory, where people can choose at what age and at what point in time they will stay forever. The heroine Elizabeth Olsen (The Scarlet Witch from "The Avengers") He is faced with a difficult choice. She meets her two ex-husbands: the difference is that one died many years ago in the Korean War, and she lived happily ever after for half a century with the other. But each of them loves her, waits in purgatory and demands that she spend eternity with him.

The picture is a great example of clever fiction, it allows you to connect to each of the characters, but the most important thing is that the authors have come up with a lot of successful jokes. It will be awkward for couples to watch this movie: there are too many things that people try not to advertise once again in order to keep the peace in their relationship. The roguish plot is kept in the mood of Woody Allen's films and is filled with a slight melancholy, which makes the film all the more valuable.

"Catch the monster", 18+

Directed by Bryan Fuller. Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Sigourney Weaver

Bryan Fuller's dark and stylish debut thriller — however, he and Mikkelsen acted as producers on the Hannibal project, so they worked together a long time ago. An eight-year-old girl hires her reclusive neighbor (Mikkelsen) to help her track down and kill the monster living under her bed. The child is sure that this creature is to blame for the disappearance of her family. Mikkelsen in the role of an eccentric ghostbuster looks frighteningly organic (although name a movie where this artist is not organic, he never had any problems with that), and Sigourney Weaver's participation finally turns the project into a must-watch horror event. The film masterfully works with the theme of childhood fears, which turn out to be much more real than adults would like.

"The wolf children of Ame and Yuki", 12+

Directed by Mamoru Hosoda. Starring: Aoi Miyazaki, Takao Osawa, Haru Kuroki, Yukito Nishii, Momoka Ono

A re-release of one of the main masterpieces of Japanese animation, many consider Mamoru Hosoda to be the most profound Japanese animator, preferring him to Miyazaki and Shinkai. At least his exploration of the depths of the child's soul and the complexities of upbringing with enviable regularity allows him to create outstanding works that can and should be reviewed at any age.

The re—release of this anime is an opportunity for the viewer to return to himself. 13 years ago, we watched it with one feeling, now we are older and the story of a young mother who single-handedly raises two werewolf children in the Japanese wilderness already looks different. Back then we could feel like special children, now many of us have become parents and some of us have special children too. Although all children are special, for that matter.

It's a movie that needs to be watched together, it's a reason for dialogue, because Hosoda doesn't compromise. His parents' divorce, jealousy of the youngest child, and even domestic violence are always given honestly and harshly. "Wolf Children" is just another chapter from Hosoda's big "book" about how it's not so easy to be small.

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"The Fifth element", 18+

Director: Luc Besson. Starring: Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Chris Tucker

It's hard to find a more popular movie than "The Fifth Element." He has been watched and reviewed for almost 30 years, known by heart, quoted, parodied, and he surprisingly does not age. This is Luc Besson's main calling card along with "Leon", the magnificent roles of Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Wovovich, Ian Holm. But most of them watched this movie only on their home screen. Now it's time to go to the cinema.

The story of taxi driver Corben Dallas and the alien Lilu, futuristic New York, crazy images from Jean-Paul Gaultier and the aria of Diva Plavalaguana - all this works amazingly in the format of a film screening, and you completely forget how seriously ill Willis is now and how old Oldman has aged. You forget about everything, and all that remains is the pure pleasure of adventures that we know by heart and that mean no less to an entire generation than the films of Gaidai, Ryazanov, and Danelia do to someone else.