One of the efficient ways to learn Russian is to immerse in the culture of the country. While the borders between Russia and many other countries remain closed and there is no opportunity for language trips to Saint Petersburg, we offer you another option for both beginners and more advanced students — watch Russian movies. You can do it with subtitles or without — the most important thing is to listen to Russian speech and get used to it. Here are 5 Russian movies of the 21st century which we advise you to watch.
1. Царь, 2009 (“Tsar»)
Genre: Drama, historical
Director: Pavel Lungin
Main roles: Peter Mamonov, Maxim Zamorin
Plot: It’s 1565. The dark times. Russia is ruled by Ivan the Terrible. The country has been torn to pieces by hunger and the Livonian war. The ruler sees treason and betrayal in everything. His faithful servants, the guardsmen, drenched the country with blood. They are ready to see the sovereign’s enemy in each person. The main law for them is the tsar. The only one who went against the tsar’s will was Metropolitan Philip, a faithful childhood friend of Ivan the Terrible. He lifted up his voice and sacrificed himself. This confrontation will tell about what Russia was capable of both in the fall and in the greatness of the spirit.
2. Географ глобус пропил, 2013 («The Geographer Drank His Globe Away»)
Genre: drama
Director: Alexander Veledinsky
Main roles: Konstantin Khabensky, Anfisa Chernykh, Elena Lyadova, Alexander Robak
Plot: Young biologist Viktor Sluzhkin, out of lack of money, goes to work as a geography teacher in a comprehensive school. He fights at first and then makes friends with the pupils, confronts the principal, leads the high school students on a hike – rafting down the river. He also drinks wine with friends, tries to get along with his wife, and takes his little daughter to kindergarten. He just lives his life.
3. Левиафан, 2014 («Leviathan»)
Genre: drama
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Main roles: Alexey Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Roman Madyanov
Plot: The habitual way of life of the gloomy car mechanic and his wife collapses fatally when their interests and the interests of the mayor of their northern city collide. And no lawyer from Moscow can help.
4. Аритмия, 2017 («Arrhythmia»)
Genre: drama
Director: Boris Khlebnikov
Main roles: Alexander Yatsenko, Irina Gorbacheva
Plot: Oleg is a talented doctor who works for an ambulance that rushes from patient to patient. Oleg knows that his arrival can change everything and he tries to accomplish the impossible. While Oleg was saving others, his wife despaired and decided to file for divorce, and a new boss appeared in the hospital, who only cares about statistics and rules. And Oleg is in a hurry from call to call, rushing down the street to change everything. Who knows which task is easier: saving others or saving yourself?
5. Лето, 2018 ( «Summer»)
Genre: biography, music, drama
Director: Kirill Serebrennikov
Main roles: Roman Bilyk, Teo Yu, Irina Starshenbaum
Plot: In 1981, the leader of the Zoo group, Mike Naumenko, meets the young and still unknown Viktor Tsoi, who is going to be the leader of the very popular and legendary Russian music band «Kino». Mike quickly realizes how far Viktor will go.
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