Riding on a star: "August" with Bezrukov, "Robbery in Italian" with Bellucci

Nikita Vysotsky and Ilya Lebedev's film "August" with Sergey Bezrukov has been released domestically. The film is based on Vladimir Bogomolov's novel "In August Forty-fourth" ("The Moment of Truth"). Another domestic novelty is the touching story "Philately", which won the last Window to Europe Film Festival. There is also "Colors of Time" on big screens about several dozen strangers who suddenly turn out to be relatives, "Phantom. Italian Robbery" with Monica Bellucci about the Italian comic book character The Devil and the re-release of the cult comedy "A Zombie named Sean". Izvestia — what to watch in the cinema this coming weekend.

"August", 16+

Directors: Nikita Vysotsky, Ilya Lebedev. Starring: Sergey Bezrukov, Nikita Kologrivy, Pavel Tabakov, Ilya Isaev, Roman Madyanov, Daniil Vorobyov, Kirill Kuznetsov, Alexey Vertkov, Ivan Kolesnikov, Eldar Kalimulin

A collaboration between directors Nikita Vysotsky and Ilya Lebedev. The film is based on Vladimir Bogomolov's novel "In August forty-fourth" ("The Moment of Truth"), which is based on true stories recorded in documents of that time. Even the characters have real prototypes. And this story has already been filmed.

In 2000, the film "In August of the 44th ..." was released, but it was met coldly by the author himself — Bogomolov asked to remove his last name from the credits. In 2023, based on his work, the spectacular and intense mini-series Operation Neman starring Alexander Yatsenko was released — the project won two awards at the ORIGINAL+ Film Festival. Now a full—length movie is coming out - "August" with Sergey Bezrukov and Nikita Kologrivy.

August 1944, the territory of liberated Belarus. Enemy German agents are operating in the rear of the Soviet troops. Three Smersh counterintelligence officers will have to quickly figure out the enemy's intelligence group, whose work jeopardizes the entire military operation in the Baltic States.

Philately, 18+

Directed by Natalia Nazarova. Starring: Alina Khodzhevanova, Maxim Stoyanov, Ilya Noskov, Irina Nosova, Olesya Ivantsova, Leonid Polyakov, Evgeny Trushev, Alexander Pukhov, Platon Shirobokov

"Philately" is the last work of director Natalia Nazarova, who died in April 2025. The story grew out of her 2016 short film Firefly. The Russian premiere of the film took place in 2024 at the Window to Europe Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prix for the best feature film and a special separate prize "for the poignant acting duet" by Alina Khojevanova and Maxim Stoyanov. The film was followed by a number of other awards at industrial events.

Yana from Murmansk works at the post office and has difficulty integrating into society due to cerebral palsy, collects stamps and loves walking by the shore in the hope of someday waiting for her father from the sea. Life takes on new colors when she meets the cheerful and charismatic sailor Petya, with whom they form a tender and careful relationship.

"Colors of time", 18+

Directed by Cedric Klapisch. Starring: Suzanne Lyndon, Abraham Waller, Vincent Macken, Julia Piaton, Zinedine Soualem, Paul Kircher, Wassily Schneider, Sarah Girodo, Cecile de France, Olivier Gourmé

A touching dramedy directed by French director Cedric Klapisch. The film premiered out of competition in Cannes in 2025. The action takes place in two time periods. In our present, several dozen strangers suddenly find out that they are all descendants of one woman, Adele Vermillard, and inherited her old shack in Normandy. The authorities want to demolish it and build a shopping mall. Relatives go on a journey where they discover family secrets and immerse themselves in the past of their ancestors.

"The phantom. Italian-style robbery", 18+

Directed by Antonio and Marco Manetti. Starring: Giacomo Gianniotti, Miriam Leone, Valerio Mastandrea, Monica Bellucci, Alessio Lapiche, Linda Caridi, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Andrea Roncato, Amanda Campana

"The phantom. The Italian Robbery" continues the story begun by the Manetti brothers in 2021. Then they released the crime thriller "Diabolik", based on the popular Italian comic book of the same name. His main character is a mysterious and elusive thief, like a phantom. The Italian Robbery was released back in 2022, and now it will be shown on big screens in Russia.

In the first part, the Devil started stealing a precious diamond from the girlfriend of Deputy Minister of Justice Giorgio Caron Eva Kant. But everything turned out in an unexpected way — the criminal and the victim fell in love with each other. In the second part, the legendary thief confronts his main enemy, Inspector Ginko. Cornered, he decides to flee, abandoning his beloved.

"A zombie named Sean", 18+

Directed by Edgar Wright. Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Dylan Moran, Penelope Wilton, Peter Serafinovich, Bill Nighy, Jessica Hines, Horton Jupiter

A re-release of Edgar Wright's 2004 cult zombie comedy based on a script written with Simon Pegg, in a 4K restoration. The film received critical and professional acclaim. He has been in the top twenty since 1992 according to Quentin Tarantino.

Sean is an ordinary consultant at an electronics store. He spends all his free time at the Winchester pub with his best friend, which annoys his girlfriend Liz. Even when everyone around them suddenly turns into zombies due to an unknown virus, the company does not find a better place to wait out the epidemic, and embarks on a dangerous journey through the streets teeming with the walking dead.