The Student / (M)uchenik (2016)
Drama
Contemporary Russia. A high school student becomes convinced that the world has been lost to evil, and begins to challenge the morals and beliefs of the adults around him.
Starring: Pyotr Skvortsov, Viktoriya Isakova, Yuliya Aug, Aleksandr Gorchilin, Aleksandra Revenko, Anton Vasilev, Svetlana Bragarnik
Director: Kirill Serebrennikov
Ostrov / The Island (2006)
Drama
Somewhere in Northern Russia, in a small Russian Orthodox monastery, lives a very unusual man whose bizarre conduct confuses his fellow monks, while others who visit the island believe that the man has the power to heal, exorcise demons and foretell the future. However, he considers himself unworthy because of a sin he committed in his youth. A parable about faith and salvation, THE ISLAND combines the realities of everyday Russian life with monastic ritual and routine.
Starring: Pyotr Mamonov, Viktor Sukhorukov, Dmitriy Dyuzhev, Yuriy Kuznetsov, Viktoriya Isakova, Nina Usatova
Director: Pavel Lungin
