For the star: "Planet" with Sergey Gilev and a documentary portrait of Emelianenko

Zendaya is preparing to marry Robert Pattinson in one of the most anticipated new releases — "What a drama!". On the eve of Cosmonautics Day, a participant in the competition program of the 47th MIFF "Planet" with Sergey Gilev and the family comedy "My Dog is an astronaut" are appearing on wide screens. Valeria Guy Germanica's "Emelianenko" doc awaits MMA fans, and the Cinderella story awaits young viewers. Izvestia — about what to watch at the cinema next weekend.

"What a drama!", 18+

Directed by Kristoffer Borgley. Starring: Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Alana Haim, Mamoudou Athie, Haley Gates, Anna Baryshnikov.

Director Kristoffer Borgley, known to viewers for the film "The Hero of Our Dreams" starring Nicolas Cage and the black comedy "Sick of Myself," unexpectedly mixes genres in his new film — a classic romantic comedy and a tense thriller. One of the main advantages of the film was the acting duo of Robert Pattinson and the stars of "Euphoria" and "Dune" Zendaya.

The plot centers on a young couple, Charlie and Emma, who are preparing for a wedding. However, shortly before the celebration, at a party with friends, they decide to play a dangerous game: everyone must confess their most terrible deed. Emma's revelation turns out to be so shocking that it calls into question Charlie's decision to live happily ever after with her. Here the light romcom becomes more and more disturbing. The authors pose the question: are we able to accept another person with all his skeletons in the closet?

"My dog is an astronaut", 6+

Directed by Mikhail Morskov. Starring: Dmitry Kalikhov, Antonina Boyko, Kirill Zaitsev, Olga Lerman, Pavel Vorozhtsov, Stepan Devonin, Daniil Vorobyov.

The film's release was part of the cultural program of the first Space Week in Russia. The events unfold in 1960 in a closed town near Baikonur. A local boy named Misha finds a stray mutt on his birthday and gives her the nickname Squirrel, and she becomes a true friend to the child. However, it soon turns out that this particular dog has a special purpose that goes far beyond the borders of the planet. The squirrel will have to write a new page in the history of space exploration and open the way for humans there.

"Planet", 12+

Directed by Mikhail Arkhipov. Starring: Sergey Gilev, Daria Melnikova, Denis Yasik, Alexander Kudrenko, Mikhail Bocharov, Victoria Sobol.

The premiere of the sci-fi drama took place a year ago in the competition program of the 47th Moscow International Film Festival and now, on the eve of Cosmonautics Day, it is being widely distributed. Pavel Klushantsev, the Soviet director of the film Planet of Storms (1961), became the prototype of the main character, played by Sergey Gilev.

Leningrad, 1960. Director Nikolai Berentsev, obsessed with the sky, is busy filming an ambitious project, a science fiction film about an expedition to Venus. Large—scale decorations are already being erected in the pavilion - he himself creates models of planets and spacecraft, invents techniques for combined filming. Berentsev longs to show the world beyond the Earth, but finds no support either among colleagues or among scientists. At some point, the director himself begins to doubt that people need his film. The internal conflict is resolved when Gagarin paves the way to the stars.

"Emelianenko", 18+

Directed by Valeria Gaia Germanica. Starring: Alexander Emelianenko.

A candid film by Valeria Gaia Germanica, who began her creative career with documentaries, about the path of the MMA legend. The tape captures six months of the fighter's life before the fight with Magomed Ismailov in the summer of 2020, in which Emelianenko eventually lost. The director gained unprecedented access to the athlete's personal life, recording his ups and downs. There are not only training sessions and fights on the screen, but also conversations in the kitchen, revelations about his personal life and antics. The work was awarded with a number of awards.

"Cinderella. The Secret of three desires", 6+

Directed by Vladimir Sakov. Starring: Eva Finkelstein, Anastasia Lapina, Denis Nekrasov, Andrey Waltz, Irina Kireeva, Konstantin Karasik

A new reading of the classic tale by Charles Perrault. Cinderella here is not a victim of circumstances awaiting the prince's rescue, but in the spirit of the modern agenda, a brave and resourceful girl who builds her own destiny. After her father's death, she finds herself under the same roof with her eternally dissatisfied stepmother and her daughter. However, the heroine does not lose heart. One day, her best friend, the lumberjack Severin, who dreams of recognition and fame, insults a magical tree named Eternal Sherman in a fit of anger. As punishment, he turns the offender into a chipmunk. Now, in order to save her friend and return him to human form, Cinderella needs to fulfill the wish of the Eternal Sherman.