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Ostinato (2013)

Actors: Joel Navarro (actor), Ryan Robins (director), Ryan Robins (editor), Ryan Robins (writer), Ryan Robins (producer), Cody Pottkotter (actor), Eugene Lochman (producer), Xiomara Bermudez (actress), Caleb Ward (producer), Andrew Worley (actor), Evan Burns (writer), Evan Burns (editor), Jose Armendariz (actor), Chase Austin (actor), Matt Cooper (writer),

Genres: Short, Thriller,

Quotes:

Olivia Nickleby: Why am I in here?

The Dealership (2009)

Actors: William Devane (actor), Tricia Helfer (actress), Stephen Lawrence (editor), Margaret Mohr (costume designer), Greg Bryk (actor), Andrew Wreggitt (producer), Andrew Wreggitt (writer), Ken Girotti (director), Patrick J. Adams (actor), Ryan Hollyman (actor), Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (actor), Frank Chiesurin (actor), Jeff Beesley (writer), Jeff Beesley (producer), Tricia Fish (writer),

Plot: 'The Dealership' is about the dysfunctional world of Carson Luxury Auto Gallery, a family-owned, used-car dealership. Market collapse, credit crisis, the shrinking global economy -everything is conspiring against Rachel, Jack and Frank Carson. But this main street family isn't going down without a fight and will do whatever it takes to make the sale and live for another day.

Genres: Drama,

The Perfect Sleep (2009)

Actors: Isaac C. Singleton Jr. (actor), Patrick Bauchau (actor), Jeremy Alter (director), Cameron Daddo (actor), Jeremy Alter (producer), John Fleck (actor), Roselyn Sanchez (actress), Michael Paré (actor), Tony Amendola (actor), Kristen Anacker (costume designer), Anthony Eikner (miscellaneous crew), Steven Ritchie (producer), Anton Pardoe (producer), Anton Pardoe (actor), Anton Pardoe (writer),

Plot: Against the backdrop of a noirish dreamscape, a tortured man returns to the city he swore he would never return to, in order to save the woman he has always loved yet can never have.

Keywords: ak-47, biblical-reference, chess, concealed-nudity, corrupt-police, cousin-cousin-relationship, doused-with-gasoline, drug-addicted-doctor, drug-addiction, femoral-artery
Genres: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller,

Quotes:

The Narrator: [first lines - surveying windmill park] I know. I know what you're thinking, not the first to use it. But with a visual like this, what does it matter. So much can be drawn, endless numbers in constant motion, yet rooted in the ground. Would be easy to point out how so many turn in the same way, but never quite together. And then, there is my favorite. [one not turning] There are those who could use poetic imagery to comment on tilting at these modern windmills. Me, I just like the way they look. [struck in the head from behind]::The Narrator: [driven into the city] In case you were wondering, these fellows ain't taking me on a picnic. No, they're getting me ready for The Rajah. The man who spent the better part of a decade trying to find me. Well, looks like he found me. So they're going to hurt me, to reintroduce me to lady pain, almost to the point of dying - almost, but not quite.::The Narrator: [being kicking from all sides] Say, maybe they'll get tired of beating me after a while. [now being punched] Well, it's not a perfect plan, but it will have to do... for now.

The Narrator: The suave devil you see here is Walter. His boys just gave me a beating that will have *them* waking up sore in the morning.

The Narrator: Maybe it's best just to sleep on it. The only problem is when I sleep, I remember. And nothing hurts quite like that.

The Narrator: Just once, just once, I'd like to keep the perfect sleep. You know the one I'm taking about. You fall asleep on a train, or someone's couch, or in a hospital, and it's perfect. The ecstasy of the unlikely. And then some bastard wakes you up and you can't get it back, no matter how hard you try. You never knew it was perfect until you lost it. And all you have left is that sick burning desire to get it back. The perfect sleep.

Ivan: You know that the younger man referred to you as the "mad monk"? I believe it to be an apt choice. Not so much because of your stubborn resistance to death and injuries, but because of the unusually painful methods that you have chosen to express your "worship".

Femme Fatale: So are you going to read me my rights officer?::Officer Pavlovich: Sure. You have the right to remove your right strap first. Slowly.::Femme Fatale: Are we safe at this speed?::Officer Pavlovich: Not for long.

The Narrator: If you don't like to focus on yourself, a rare quality, you might listen to others, an even rarer quality. If you observe and anticipate, you might just get something accomplished.

The Narrator: And there he is, the Rajah's prize possession, Captain Keller. He's killed more people than you've met. A good man to avoid.

The Narrator: Like Winston Churchill told me, I never, never, never, never - in nothing great or small, large or petty - never give in.

Keller: [dying] You won't find what you're looking for, the Rajah will get you.::Dr. Sebastian: Sssh, as I've opened the flood-gates of your very mortality, my I suggest that you quickly choose one subject to dwell on instead of many? I certainly wouldn't recommend you worry about work at this point.

Chasing Tchaikovsky (2007)

Actors: Boyd Banks (actor), Sarah Clifford (miscellaneous crew), Kim Estes (actor), Ann Magnuson (actress), Angela Sostre (producer), Angela Sostre (producer), Michael Patrick Breen (actor), Jennifer Rhodes (actress), Josie Davis (actress), Samantha Kuester (costume designer), Rob Zabrecky (actor), Yan Feldman (actor), Rafael Feldman (actor), Kuma (actor), Rigg Kennedy (actor),

Plot: Boris is a driven businessman, who has achieved a great deal of success in the time he has been in America. He is forced to, go back to his Russian roots, to keep his fortune in tact. The story takes new twists, when his wife and children start going in new directions. Boris enlists the aid of a former friend from the Ukraine. Nikolai is an intellectual, on welfare, who by his own admission is legally insane. Reluctantly, he collaborates with an ex-porno director. They become partners with Boris on a film project. When the production that seemed destined to fail starts to show promise, Boris encounters new problems that must be resolved.

Genres: Comedy,

Otets (2007)

Actors: Aleksandr Bashirov (actor), Aleksey Guskov (actor), Roman Madyanov (actor), Lyudmila Arinina (actress), Nina Ruslanova (actress), Yekaterina Vasilyeva (actress), Aleksey Guskov (producer), Aleksei Rybnikov (composer), Irakli Kvirikadze (writer), Svetlana Ivanova (actress), Polina Kutepova (actress), Sergey Shumakov (producer), Ivan Solovov (producer), Ivan Solovov (director), Lydia Velezheva (actress),

Genres: Drama,

Troe protiv vsekh - 2 (2003)

Actors: Galina Polskikh (actress), Viktor Verzhbitskiy (actor), Vadim Andreev (actor), Igor Vorobyov (actor), Vladimir Zimin (editor), Olga Arntgolts (actress), Natalya Antonova (actress), Yuri Belenky (producer), Anna Nazaryeva (actress), Arkadiy Koval (actor), Yuriy Chursin (actor), Rauf Kubayev (director), Elena Galibina (actress), Yelena Imamova (producer), Aleksey Ilin (actor),

Plot: Russia, the present. The story of the three Vlasov siblings, Lena, Lyosha, and Olenka continues. Their father, Sergey Ivanovich Vlasov, who, unknown to anyone, had been rescued from the disaster at sea where all had thought he had perished, has returned home alive. Their mother, Nadezhda Nikolaevna, has come out of her coma, and is recovering from her mysterious illness. The family is reunited, and the three siblings are once again in the protective and nurturing arms of their real parents. But, life for the Vlasov family will not return to normal. New troubles await them, which will test their ability to hold on to their love for each other and remain together as a family. Soon, they will learn to struggle as one family against all.

Keywords: beating, deceit, drug-dealing, exchange-student, extramarital-affair, family-love, jealousy, love-triangle, mother, murder
Genres: Drama, Romance,

Babusya (2003)

Actors: Pavel Derevyanko (actor), Jean Bréhat (producer), Vladimir Baranov (actor), Yuriy Ovsyanko (actor), Olga Onishchenko (actress), Sergey Gamov (actor), Andrei Zertsalov (producer), Anna Ovsyannikova (actress), Lidiya Bobrova (writer), Lidiya Bobrova (director), Sergey Anufriev (actor), Mariya Lobachyova (actress), Tamara Tsyganova (actress), Tatyana Bystrova (editor), Valentina Cherkozyanova (actress),

Plot: An old Russian grandmother, a product of "old" Russia who took part in the Battle of Stalingrad, sacrificed everything for her children and even sold her house to get money for her grandchildren, is shuttled among those very grandchildren--products of the "new" Russia--none of whom want her to stay with them since she's too much of a "burden" for them.

Keywords: russia
Genres: Drama,

Troe protiv vsekh (2002)

Actors: Galina Polskikh (actress), Viktor Verzhbitskiy (actor), Vadim Andreev (actor), Tatyana Orlova (actress), Igor Vorobyov (actor), Aleksandr Kavalerov (actor), Vladimir Zimin (editor), Olga Arntgolts (actress), Natalya Antonova (actress), Yuri Belenky (writer), Anna Nazaryeva (actress), Tatyana Kuznetsova (actress), Rauf Kubayev (director), Yuriy Chursin (actor), Ramil Yamaleyev (writer),

Plot: Russia, the present. Young Lena, Lyosha, and Olenka are siblings, who live together with their parents in a pleasant, well-kept home. Their family is loving and close-knit. Their father, Sergey Ivanovich Vlasov, is a mechanic on a cargo ship; their mother, Nadezhda Nikolaevna, is housewife. The youngest is little Olenka, who is only six-years-old. Alyosha is the middle child. The oldest is Lena, a seventeen-year-old senior in high school. A very pretty and carefree young girl on the verge of adulthood, Lena has all the hopes and dreams for her future that any girl her age has. One day they hear on the television that the "Nikolay Kachanov", the ship their father was on, has sunk. There are no survivors. When their mother hears this, she suddenly and mysteriously slips into a coma. Left alone, underage, and with no means of support, the government intervenes and takes control of their affairs. Their parents' estate is seized and put into a trust, with a Mr. Khavkin assigned as the trustee. The siblings themselves are made wards of the state. Then a distant relative, Aunt Maria, appears unexpectedly and becomes their legal guardian. With these two caring, responsible adults in their lives, it seems that the three have some reason to hope again after so much tragedy. But, Mr. Khavkin and Aunt Maria both have plans of their own. Soon, Lena, Lyosha, and Olenka will learn to be three against all.

Keywords: betrayal, coma, deceit, drug-dealing, extramarital-affair, family-love, greed, guardian, jealousy, lost-at-sea
Genres: Drama, Romance,

The Heart of the World (2000)

Actors: Guy Maddin (director), Guy Maddin (editor), Niv Fichman (producer), Guy Maddin (writer), deco dawson (editor), Jody Shapiro (producer), Greg Klymkiw (actor), Caelum Vatnsdal (actor), Jennifer Weiss (producer), Tammy Gillis (actress), Carson Nattrass (actor), Meg McMillan (costume designer), Shaun Balbar (actor), Leslie Bais (actress), Lois Raymond (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Nikolai, a mortician, and Osip, an actor playing Christ in a play, are brothers in love with the same woman. Anna, a state scientist and said woman, is in love with both brothers and studies the Earth's core, the very heart of the world. She discovers that the world is dying of heart failure and only has one more day remaining. Meanwhile, Akmatov, a bloated, capitalist bureaucrat lusts after Anna and tries to make her fall into her bed.

Keywords: actor, apocalypse, avant-garde, brother-brother-relationship, capitalism, cinema, communism, crowd, deterioration, earthquake
Genres: Short,

Kostja und der Funker (1975)

Actors: Frank Schenk (actor), Karl-Ernst Sasse (composer), Walfriede Schmitt (actress), Waltraud Kramm (actress), Kurt Radeke (actor), Otmar Richter (actor), Alexander Wikarski (actor), Wolfgang Lohse (actor), Wolfgang Hosfeld (actor), Lothar Schellhorn (actor), Klaus Ebeling (actor), Klaus Bergatt (actor), Holm Gärtner (actor), Helga Sasse (actress), Rainer Büttner (actor),

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