Russian films to watch

1945, Leningrad. WWII has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Two young women search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins.

When a factory is bound to close, a group of workers decides to take action against the owner.

In contemporary Russia, three girls who have been deceived by married men establish a secret society to help other women like themselves.

With his wife Olya, Vadim wants to buy a German tow truck. But this plan comes to nothing when he falls for a faraway girl he meets online. And so he embarks on an impossible attempt to start afresh a new place with the love of his life.

The writer, Valentin Shubin, the author of the world-famous series of books about the Elephant Bear, going through a creative crisis.

After a girl becomes chubby, her boyfriend loses interest and breaks up with her. Thanks to her best friend she decides to lose weight, and a new friend is ready to help.

In 1990s Belarus, a wanderlust young DJ is derailed by a typo in a forged US Visa application, forcing her to a backwater village where she is determined to fake her way to the American dream.

Five young adults, who want to celebrate New Years Eve on top of a mountain, one of them drops out, they get stuck in a gondola lift. What started out as an adventurous party, soon becomes a fight for survival.

When Savva's parents go on vacation, they leave their teenage son in the willing hands of his fortyish female tutor. The two share a mutual attraction and quickly develop a close, personal relationship, studying more anatomy than French.

Several years ago nobody believed that Igor Tsaplin could win the voters elections. But it happened. Now he will try to repeat his success.

This time Lesha, Slava, Kamil and Sasha go to St. Petersburg. And three of the four do not even know why they go there. But at some point it becomes clear that it does not matter - why. It is important that they go.

The movie is shot based on the biographic story of Sergey Dovlatov "Compromise", tells about an era in which created, despite bans, had sex which "wasn't", and fought for the right to be heard contrary to universal control. And waited for an era of which end were afraid - An era which, despite everything, remained fine.

A day in the life of a comic book artist and his family in post-Soviet Russia. While suffering from the flu, Petrov is carried by his friend Igor on a long walk, drifting in and out of fantasy and reality.

Sasha and Danny, both 15, have sex for the first time. When Sasha's parents find out she has lost her virginity, all hell breaks loose. Her policeman stepfather forbids her to set foot outside the family home. Sasha has no intention of obeying. Danny and she run away together in protest against their parents and society as a whole. Their sudden freedom goes to their heads. Danny, who is normally quiet and unassuming, runs wild. Sasha's stepfather takes command of the search efforts. Once he catches the couple, he is determined to put Danny in juvenile prison. A harmless adventure escalates into an operation to arrest armed criminals.

Fast-paced story of pre-death repentance marathon for the captain of the National Security Service (NKVD) Fyodor Volkonogov set against the backdrop of 1938 political persecutions in the USSR.

Tumultuous relationship between Pyotr Tchaikovsky, the most famous Russian composer of all time, and his wife Antonina Miliukova.

A mischievous father and his gentle, beautiful daughter live a quiet life in a vast plain until two young men fall for the girl. The love triangle leads to a wholly unexpected turn of events in an astounding story that incorporates unimaginable beauty with a strong social message.

Igor and Alexandra are 30 -years old lovers.She is a theater production designer.He is an actor.She works hard,he drinks.They cannot leave and cannot get on.This story is about eternal problem of choice and talent to listen to ones heart .About a dangerous illusion of the youth that there is a lot of time to make mistakes and that is too early to make decision,to get married,to give birth to a child.The main characters have to realize that there is no time and there is no rough copy we have to live present moment because tomorrow may never come.