Arkadiy Krasilshchikov

The Shadow

A story of a successful businessman who falls in love with a silent movies actress and starts to look everywhere for a woman who looks exactly like her.

Lenin in October

A comedy set in Ashdod, Israel. Grisha, has almost given up on his dream of opening his own restaurant and serving his specialty dishes. The sudden death of a rich uncle in Russia changes all that. The uncle bequeaths all his money to his only and beloved nephew, so that he may open a restaurant. The problem is that all his life, the uncle was a sworn Communist, and his condition for granting the inheritance is that the restaurant be dedicated the values of Communism. Grisha is indifferent to these values but accepts the condition- he wants to make his dream come true at any price and he's prepares to dedicate the restaurant to any ideology they tell him to - it really doesn't matter. This leads to conflict between Grisha and his father, a failed poet who blames everything on the Soviet regime back in the Old Country.

Travelling with Pets

Plucked from an orphanage as a literal love slave, the now adult Natalija (a luminous Kseniya Kutepova) serves her ape-like husband by tending his prized cow—whose milk they sell to customers on passing trains. When hubby suddenly drops dead, however, Natalija’s narrow life of cows and rails finally starts opening up. Dumping his body at the local hospital, dropping by church to say a few prayers and trading in the cow for a pet goat, she slowly eliminates all trace of his former hold on her, searching out a new life in the freedom that emerges.

Guide

Pavel Shnyrev is a professional killer. He has a lot of enemies and a lot of problems. He is rushing, he is driven... Pavel's mother goes to the hospital, from her he learns that his father is alive. Pavel goes to a distant village and finds his father. Pavel's father has been blind for a long time, but this does not prevent him from living. He is always accompanied by a faithful assistant – a guide dog. Another life opens up to Pavel - the villagers, their simple way of life, the cares of the father. The mother also arrives, pursued by Paul's enemies, to take her son to a quiet place to "sit out". But Pavel does not leave the old man like a blind man, having felt a guide in him.

We Are Going to America

The familiar tale of an immigrant family's journey to America is turned into a magical mystery tour as seen through the eyes of 11-year old Motl. The boy's imagination spins wildly as he and his family--loaded down with all their worldly goods and their other-worldly "baggage"--make their way from the shtetl to America. Inspired by the paintings of Marc Chagall, director Efim Gribov interprets the workings of Motl's imagination via comic and grotesque figures, ghosts from the past, and a dreamy, surreal atmosphere. The film's tragi-comic tone and theme involving the American Dream make for an inspired viewing experience.

Sad Paradise

Cristina got acquainted with Russian puppeteer Boris, when he was hitchhiking nearby Montauban. Several years later she met him once again in Moscow.

Sad Paradise

Cristina got acquainted with Russian puppeteer Boris, when he was hitchhiking nearby Montauban. Several years later she met him once again in Moscow.

Rogonosets

После нескольких лет счастливой семейной жизни жена изменила мужу. Для мужчины это - настоящая трагедия. Перед ним встают вопросы: как жить дальше? Простить измену ли нет? Можно ли продолжать любить после предательства? Тяжелые переживания приводят к тому, что у мужа появляется навязчивая идея - убить любимую. Мужчине даже приходится обратиться к психиатру...

Rogonosets

После нескольких лет счастливой семейной жизни жена изменила мужу. Для мужчины это - настоящая трагедия. Перед ним встают вопросы: как жить дальше? Простить измену ли нет? Можно ли продолжать любить после предательства? Тяжелые переживания приводят к тому, что у мужа появляется навязчивая идея - убить любимую. Мужчине даже приходится обратиться к психиатру...

Stray Dogs

A group of hunters enters a ghost town in Central Asia with a mission to kill packs of abandoned, and now wild cannibal dogs. But tables turn and there seems to be no way for the hunters to survive the horrific battle.

Looking for Life Friend

Based on the novel by M. Panin "Matyushenko promised to remain silent." The story of lonely people who found themselves in human communication and family happiness.

For the Sake of a Few Lines

The Carpathians, 1944. The truck with the employees of the divisional newspaper was blown up by a mine. Everyone was alive, but the font was scattered by the blast wave — and now, under the bullets of the enemy, the newspapermen must collect the material of the next issue of the newspaper literally in fragments...

Dancing on the Roof

Victor spends his summer holidays with friends. Teenagers' entertainment is far from harmless. Having met policeman Pletnev, Victor begins to feel burdened by the holidays and dream of vocational school...

The Elephant Got Lost

The fire in the circus scared the elephant Chandu, and he ran away. Soon, the forester's son Egor discovers Chandu, exhausted and wounded by poachers, and nurses him back to health. It's hard for him to break up with his new friend now...

Children Patrol

Village children organize a patrol to fight a poachers destroying fish in local lakes.

Simultaneous Exhibition

A young taxi driver comes across a profitable business: to drive a new Volga to the Caucasus. Having deceived his boss, he arranges for a few days at his own expense and goes on a trip. On the way, risking his life, he saves a bus with children from a disaster, but at the same time the Volga receives serious damage.

Through the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles

Two friends, Dimka and Mishka, decide to send a bottle letter.

Tailcoat for an Idler

Twelve years old boy escapes summer camp in order to meet his brother currently serving in the army.

Second Wind

A seriously ill patient is brought to the clinic of a research institute. Young doctor Falko, a resident at the institute, insists on an urgent operation, but his supervisor Druz believes that in this case therapeutic treatment will be more effective and, moreover, will not be associated with risk. Professor Shostenko nevertheless undertakes to operate on the patient. The successfully completed operation confirms the diagnosis made by Falko. Parallel to the events in the clinic, the action unfolds in the house of the director of the institute Shostenko, where his son Igor returns after a three-year absence. The complicated relationship between Igor and his wife, the love story of Shostenko's daughter and Druz - the canvas of the second plot of the film.