Maria Lipkina Movies
- 1997
Realizing that teenage mom Tina is about to gas herself and her new child, Tina's young boyfriend grabs the infant and takes it to the streets of Lisbon. What he does next comprises the bulk of this extremely downbeat, minimalist drama from Portuguese director Pedro Costa. Once in the street, the boyfriend attempts to sell the child. When that fails, he leaves it at a nurse's house. That doesn't work out either so the youth gives the baby to a streetwalker. Meanwhile Tina and her friend try to get the baby back. When they fail, they decide to get revenge upon the boyfriend. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Vanda Duarte, Nuno Vaz, (more)
- 1994
This romantic drama comes from Azerbaijian, a former Soviet state located between the Caspian and Black seas on the border between Europe and Asia. It is set in a city (that may be the country's capital, Baku) during the late '20s and chronicles the love triangle between a young actress, her older, learned husband, and her dashing lover. Her husband frequently lectures upon "The World of Fantasy." Most of the film is set within a silent movie house where the couple watch classics such as The Golem, and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Turan, the actress, stars in "The Bat," a local film which will be seen at the theater. When talkies come to town, her husband suddenly goes blind. Not long after, Turan has her lover move into their home. The husband has an idea what is going on, but he is not sure. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Maria Lipkina, Rasim Balaev, (more)
- 1994
The hectic, materialistic lives of Russian nouveau riche provide the framework for this Russian thriller. The two protagonists, Ivan and Misha are two rubes who came to Moscow to participate in the perestroika economic boom. They are definitely limitas, Russian for hicks. Ivan becomes a wealthy computer code-breaker. The story really begins when he is given a disk to decode. It is an incredibly difficult code to break. Just as he is breaking it, he discovers that the code was set by Misha who is a technical specialist for a bank. Wanting to protect his friend he stops the decoding program. Because Misha is the only one with the disk key, Ivan's action accidently causes him to be killed. Ivan seeks revenge but when he discovers that the information on the disk has involved him he becomes bitter and cynical. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Vladimir Mashkov, Yevgeny Mironov, (more)
- 1993
Writer/director Yolande Zauberman's touching tale of the friendship between two boys, one Jewish and the other Catholic, in pre-World War Two Poland. ~ Nicole Gagne, Rovi
- Starring:
- Roma Alexandrovich, Sasha Yakovlev, (more)
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