Valeri Keft
Actor
Movies2
Movie9.0Beginning with perestroika and reaching its peak after the demise of the Soviet Union, pessimistic youth sub-culture films abounded in Russia and the former republics. Anguely V Rayou is another example of these "youth without future" films. Based on the novel Two Notebooks by Piotr Kojevnikov, the action takes place in the Leningrad of 1975, when the "stagnation" era is at its peak. Two teenagers, Micha and Galia, are experiencing a slow death in the slums of the city. Galia's aunt is going crazy in her desperation. Micha's mother is killed by a drunk. One of their friends has committed suicide. These kids are typical of a generation wasted by alcohol and misfortune. Some are bound to become outcasts, some will be destroyed, and others will be sacrificed in Afghanistan. The title is ironic, as there is neither paradise nor angels in this story.
MovieDramaNobody knows what's waiting for us around the corner. On the last day of her 13th birthday, following a rabbit into a St. Petersburg gateway by a strange attraction, Alice suddenly finds herself in a mysterious forest. A place where everything is the other way around. To the wild sounds of a piano, which is driven along country roads on a tractor, Alice meets a wild company that, instead of St. Valentine's Day, celebrates the feast of St. Tryphon the Mouser, unable to leave the festive table from winter to summer because of the curse of the Elder, who punished them for "blasphemy." Helping to solve this problem, Alice receives a motorcycle as a gift - both a dream and a means of transportation - and sets off on a journey. Where will it lead her? What awaits her, a lonely and strong girl? And most importantly, why did she tag along with the white rabbit? Who are her parents? And who is she really...