From Russia, sci-fi and thrillers

Commemorating 120 years of Thai-Russian diplomatic relations, Russian Film Week from Tuesday (December 19) to December 24 promises such a variety of movies that everyone will find something to appeal.
Both countries’ culture ministries are sponsoring the event at SF World Cinema at Central World, along with production firm FestFilm, the Russian Embassy and Jamaican Eatz.
The last Russian Film Week held in Bangkok, in 2012, acquainted the Thai audience with Russian cinema. This year’s programme is much broader, designed in a way that everyone can find a movie that will appeal to his or her taste. 
The grand opening on Tuesday includes a screening of “The Spacewalker”. Free tickets for all movies will be available up to 30 minutes before screen time. 

There will be six screenings of new and popular Russian movies in genres ranging from science fiction and comedy to sport and historical. All movies will have English and Thai subtitles.
On the bill is “Attraction”, made just this year, in which an alien spaceship is forced into Earth’s atmosphere, is attacked by Russian fighter jets and crashlands in Moscow, killing several hundred people. A schoolgirl saves the life of one of the aliens and, together, they must deal with humans intent on harming them.
“The Spacewalker”, also shot this year, is set in the 1960s during the Cold War, when the USSR and US duelled in a space race. The Russians plan to send a man into space, but face many obstacles and dangers.

“Friday”, from 2016, explores the many surprises that a Friday night can bring. A millionaire becomes a waiter for one night, an office loser becomes the star of the party, and two friends have to look for an escaped kangaroo in a forest near Moscow. 
“Sparta” (2016) places two teams of fighters in opposition in a rectangular arena for “a spectacular new kind of martial art”. For former MMA champion Nikolay, this is his chance for a comeback. He can fight for his friend’s honour and avenge his coach’s refusal to take him back on the team. 
“The Dragon” (2015) sees Princess Miroslava kidnapped in the middle of her wedding by a dragon and carried off into its castle on the remote island. She has left everything behind – family, friends and groom – and now has only a stone cage and a mysterious young man named Arman. Who is he and what is he doing there? She’ll learn the bitter truth when she learns to love the dragon.
Nominated for a Golden Eagle Award, “The Icebreaker” (2016) is based on actual events in 1985, when the icebreaker vessel Mikhail Gromov was moving a huge iceberg. A collision leaves the ship drifting near the Antarctic coast with fuel running low. The crew has no margin for error – a wrong decision and the ship will be crushed in ice.
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