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Framed in Italian: American rapper goes to Russia, Paolo Sorrentino goes to the cinema

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Movies and TV series

SMERSH 4, 16+

Directed by Mikhail Kabanov. Starring: Igor Petrenko, Vladislav Kotlyarovsky, Leonid Gromov, Lyanka Gryu, Pavel Kharlanchuk, Andrey Filippak

The sequel to the action-packed historical thriller about the real operations of Soviet intelligence during the Great Patriotic War. The new season of one of the most popular projects of REN TV, which was included in the top 100 Russian series ratings for 2025, will reveal little-known pages of history.

The first novel, "Moscow—44", tells about the sabotage being prepared by the Nazis: the enemy, acting in the Soviet rear, is preparing an explosion in the center of the capital. The second plot, Operation Cerberus, is devoted to an attempt to use bacteriological weapons against the USSR, which the Japanese detachment is preparing in its laboratories. Talented intelligence officers Konstantin Lavrov (Igor Petrenko) and Pavel Semenov (Vladislav Kotlyarsky) can prevent a catastrophe.

May 3, 2:30 p.m., REN TV

"Seven miles before dawn", 16+

Directed by Alexander Andreev. Starring: Fedor Dobronravov, Maria Shukshina, Viktor Dobronravov, Artem Bystrov, Timofey Kochnev, Oleg Gaas

A war drama starring Fyodor Dobronravov about the real-life feat of 83-year-old peasant Matvey Kuzmich, the oldest Hero of the Soviet Union. The action takes place in February 1942 in the occupied Pskov region. Having received a demand from the Germans to lead an enemy detachment to the rear of the Red Army, the old man secretly warns the Soviet soldiers, and he leads the enemy all night through the snow-covered off-road towards the machine-gun fire of our troops.

Available at the box office from April 30

Grazia, 18+

Directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Starring: Tony Servillo, Anna Farzetti, Massimo Venturiello, Orlando Cinque, Milvia Marigliano

The drama is directed by Paolo Sorrentino, the main director of modern Italian cinema, known to the audience for "The Great Beauty" and "The Young Pope". The plot centers on the fictional President of Italy, brilliantly played by director Tony Servillo's favorite actor. He is living through the last months of his term and is facing a moral crisis when a law on euthanasia and a petition for clemency appear on his desk. The film premiered at the opening of the 82nd Venice Film Festival.

Available at the box office from April 30

Theatre

"Don't be afraid of anything, I'm with you", 12+

Directed by Mikhail Mironov. Starring: Anastasia Stotskaya, Daria Yanvarina, Yulia Iva, Andrey Birin, Yulia Dovganishina, Mitya Fedorov, Igor Balalaev, Yulia Churakova

The popular musical returns to the stage for just a few months. From 2022 to 2024, 1.2 million people watched the production, and after the end of its rental, Broadway Moscow received tens of thousands of requests to resume screenings. A year and a half later, the hits of the Secret group will be heard from the stage again, and the audience will see St. Petersburg roofs, courtyards, wells and the very trolleybus "1983" in the sky above Nevsky Prospekt.

May 1 at 18:00, May 2-3 at 13:00 and 18:00, May 4-7 at 19:00, Moscow Youth Palace

"Guilty without guilt," 16+

Directed by Veronica Wigg. Starring: Irina Bezrukova, Evgeny Gomonoy, Dmitry Vorkunov, Igor Nazarenko, Alexey Veretin, Diana Egorova

A version of one of Alexander Ostrovsky's most poignant plays. In the center of the plot is the fate of the famous actress Elena Kruchinina, who comes on tour to a provincial town where she once experienced a personal drama: betrayal of her lover, loss of her son and serious illness. Her return disrupts the usual life of the local theater: the appearance of the capital's star causes admiration, envy and hidden tension among the artists.

May 5, 19:00, Moscow Provincial Theater, Small Stage

Museums

"House 21. Visiting artists", 6+

The immersive exhibition is dedicated to the famous house of VKhUTEMAS (Higher Art and Technical Workshops) at 21 Myasnitskaya Street, one of the epicenters of Russian art in the 1910s and 1930s. Guests of the exhibition will be able to look into five recreated studio apartments of outstanding masters of the 20th century — Alexander Rodchenko and Varvara Stepanova, Alexander Drevin and Nadezhda Udaltsova, Peter Miturich and Vera Khlebnikova, Gustav Klutsis and Sergey Senkin, Vladimir Favorsky and his students.

Until August 30, the Zotov Center

Moscow is behind us, 18+

The exhibition is dedicated to the 85th anniversary of the Battle of Moscow. It includes paintings and graphic works, objects of daily and front-line life, photographs and archival documents. All the materials are arranged in a chronological and semantic line, allowing you to look at events through personal stories.

Until August 23, Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center

"Luminism. Ivan Schultze", 0+

An exhibition of an outstanding landscape painter, one of the main representatives of Russian luminism (a direction where attention is focused on the image of light and its interaction with space) By Ivan Schultze. For the first time, the guests will see more than 50 paintings by the artist from private collections. This exhibition has become an important part of a systematic effort to return the landscape painter's creative legacy to Russia.

From May 1 to June 30, the Large Greenhouse of the Lower Park of the Peterhof Museum-Reserve (St. Petersburg)

Concerts

Flo Rida, 16+

The Grammy nominee and author of the single Low, which topped the Billboard Hot 100 for ten weeks in a row, is bringing his signature mix of hip-hop and dance pop music to Russia. The program will combine all the main party anthems of the artist - from Right Round and Whistle to joint hits with Sia and David Guetta. The American rapper will present the show on stage with a 360° view.

May 2, 20:00, May 3, 19:00, CSKA Arena

Переведено сервисом «Яндекс Переводчик»

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