# Snakes and Ladders (1980 film)
Entering a church after the first man he met calls him from the roof, H realizes the church is also part of the game. Told that the board game\'s scale has moved from a district of Paris to the whole city, H is nauseous with vertigo and vomits two dice. Asked to vomit again so the man can have a turn, H says his ears hurt; the dice are in H\'s ears and he and the man hurry along.
Called from a car outside the church, H climbs in and realizes it\'s part of the game. The female narrator describes three hypotheses: the map is old and the city has changed, making it inaccurate; the map is a developmental model of the city, which the city doesn\'t yet resemble; or the city has been destroyed and rebuilt using many maps, a combination of the first two hypotheses. Saying they need a perfect map, she suggests that either they create one using street-by-street analysis, making the map 1:1, or they create a map of all possible routes stored on videodiscs for the army or tourists/travellers. Meanwhile, H sees the first man in another car. H is told the scale has changed again and that he needs to go to the station. In the car\'s rear view mirror he sees new dice numbers reflected in his driver\'s sunglasses.
On a train, H talks to the second man he saw playing the game in the field and discovers that all of the passengers are playing the game. The man tells H he is \"the one who answers questions\". H asks him \"What is the connection between routes and maps?\" but falls asleep; in his dream, H has a new nightmare in which dice are rolled and he is ordered off the train.
H and the first man he met are in an aeroplane flying over Europe, the game\'s new scale, heading towards the Montfossis (fake mountains used by cartographers to converge two ranges on a map). H sleeps and dreams they are flying over maps in an exhibition and are travelling not in space, but in time. As they fly over multiple labyrinth maps the man says they are in the eye of the dice. A new dice rolls which changes the scale to encompass the whole planet Earth. H loses consciousness in the thin air the plane is flying in.


# Snakes and Ladders (1980 film)
Waking up sitting on a giant hand, H sees the dice and rolls them, but the hand closes in on him. As it opens, H realizes he is both the dice in the game he is in and also the player rolling them. H disappears leaving only the dice behind. The scale changes to that of the universe. As they travel the cosmos, a man tells him that they are not dead, but the Earth is because there is no more time and therefore no space. Observing the universe and the Earth, H realizes he is waking up but doesn\'t know which dream he will wake in. Finally, H is back again in the field where he first found the men playing the game.
- Pascal Bonitzer as \"H\" - Actor
- Jean-Loup Rivière as \"The One Who Answers Questions\" - Actor
- Serge Brodsky - Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Janine Knuth - Artistic Collaborator
- Jean Hertz - Sound Mixer
- Roger Vieyra - Sound Crew


# Snakes and Ladders (1980 film)
### Interpretations and analysis
The film was said to be considered as an \"allegory that condenses and emblematizes not only themes from Ruiz\'s work as a whole, but also key dimensions of his filmmaking practice\" (Goddard 2). *Zig-Zag* shows the form of filmography that really describes Ruiz\'s style, as the film presents this idea how a film can be a type of impossible cartography that is always changing and never secured. The film presents Ruiz\'s style when it plays with the ability to critique representation within film as the character H takes us through many representations of territory and representations of territories through maps as Ruiz uses cinema, dreams, and cartographic explorations (Goddard 4). Representation to Ruiz is a means to expose the invisbile and to put forward to an audience things which cannot be seen \"using the capacity of images\", because\" they are too abstract or their nature is divine\" so that they may be understood truthfully to reveal or render evident/certain realities which cannot be shown\" (Ruiz 36). When the film uses these images of maps as representations of territories, Ruiz is able to challenge the logic of cartographers and how their representation may not be fully true, as cities may always undergo change and cities may be destroyed, or even both. In the film, it presents this paradox between territory and the image of territory showing us how territories and their maps are concrete yet abstract at the same time since a territory is physical and an image of the territory (map) is abstract or created, revealing the uncertainty of representation.
None year to date: March 1, 2017
1.  Goddard, Michael. \" Impossible Cartographies: The Cinema of Raúl Ruiz\". London: Wallflower, 2013. Print.
2.  Ruiz, Raul. Poetics of Cinema. Paris: Editions Dis Voir, 1995. Print.
3.  Ruiz, Raul, and Bruno Cuneo. Ruiz: Entrevistas Escogidas, FilmografiÌa Comentada. Santiago (Chile): Ediciones Universidad Diego Portales, 2013. Print.


# Bhaskar Oru Rascal
***Bhaskar Oru Rascal*** () is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film written and directed by Siddique. A remake of his own Malayalam film *Bhaskar the Rascal* (2015), the film features Arvind Swamy, Amala Paul, Master Raghavan, and Baby Nainika in the lead roles, while Nikesha Patel, Aftab Shivdasani, Soori, and Nassar play supporting roles. The team began production in February 2017. This movie marks Bollywood actor Aftab Shivdasani\'s Tamil debut.
Bhaskar is a business tycoon and single parent. His father M. A. M. Rangasamy is a retired businessman, and Bhaskar has taken over his textile and real estate businesses. Bhaskar deals with all the complicated and critical situations in his business with rowdyism and is crude and crass. This behavior earns him the name \"Rascal\". He is a widower and has a son named Aakash. Aakash and Shivani study in the same school. Shivani\'s mother Anu is also a single parent. She meets Bhaskar at the school, and they get involved in a small altercation. Shivani admires Bhaskar for his authoritative stance and treats him like a father figure for his heroism.


# Bhaskar Oru Rascal
One day, Bhaskar goes with Aakash for a felicitation ceremony, where actress Kalyani is the chief guest. Kalyani gives an interview stating that she is in love with a businessman who is a single parent. Bhaskar reaches the venue at the same time. This creates a confusion among the press and media, and they mistake Bhaskar to be Kalyani\'s love interest. The reporters bombard him with questions about Kalyani. Bhaskar misinterprets their questions and thinks that they are asking about his favorite beer \"Kalyani\", and his statements go viral. Kalyani\'s real love interest happens to see this news and separates from her. Bhaskar tries to set things right by meeting Kalyani\'s love interest and settling the misunderstanding, but the latter insults Bhaskar. Things take a different course when the person denies Bhaskar an audience and insults him. This leads to Bhaskar thrashing the guy in his office which is also covered by the press.
All these events place Bhaskar in the spotlight for the wrong reasons. Anu does not have a good impression about him but takes a liking to Aakash\'s mild-mannered nature. In school, Aakash is mocked by his classmates because of his father\'s recent fiasco. Shivani tries to help Aakash, but one of the boys twists her hand. She attacks the boy in self-defense. The boy\'s mother makes an issue of it, but thanks to Bhaskar\'s timely intervention, the matter is sorted out. Bhaskar encourages Shivani to be outspoken and aggressive, but Anu dislikes it. She argues with Bhaskar, takes Shivani home, and scolds her.
Anu tells Shivani the story of how she lost her husband Sanjay long ago in Kolkata because of her aggressive behavior when a few thugs misbehaved towards her in the elevator. She humiliates the thugs for misbehaving with her, but Sanjay does nothing, irritating Anu. Once he drops her off, he drives back to the place and beats up the thugs. Anu follows and sees this and tries to stop Sanjay, but he gets shot by one of the thugs and dies. She states that she does not want the same fate for Shivani and herself.


# Bhaskar Oru Rascal
Meanwhile, Aakash and Shivani plan to get their parents married, so they plan to spend time with their \"new parents\" - Shivani with Bhaskar and Aakash with Anu. Bhaskar shows interest in Anu, but she remains indifferent and tries to avoid him, even though she tried to understand his good nature.
On Shivani\'s birthday, a small party is organized. The only guests invited are Aakash and Bhaskar, but a third uninvited guest appears and introduces himself as Sanjay. It is here that Anu reveals that she still has an untold part of what happened to Sanjay on the day he was shot. He was sent to a nearby hospital, but the doctor plans to shift him to another hospital. Anu and her friend follow the ambulance but find that Sanjay was not admitted in the new hospital. He goes missing, and Anu discovers that Sanjay is an assassin and sharpshooter. He had been using her to gain access to a party and had killed her friend\'s father, who is a scientist and had stolen a research hard disk containing locations of plutonium mines in the country. Anu is shocked because Sanjay not only used her but also seduced her in bed. They ended up having sex, resulting in her getting pregnant. Anu had moved away from Calcutta, gave birth to Shivani, and lived there since then.


# Bhaskar Oru Rascal
Anu accepts Rangasamy\'s marriage proposal to Bhaskar in order to save herself and Shivani from Sanjay, but she fears putting Bhaskar and Aakash in danger as well and backs out in the last minute. She decides to move to Canada with Shivani permanently. Sanjay\'s parents intervene and request Anu to go to Kolkata with them one last time to retrieve the hard disk that has been in Anu\'s locker without her knowledge. They plead that their lives are in danger because of this. Anu goes to Kolkata with Sanjay to retrieve his hard disk along with Bhaskar and the kids. Suddenly, Sanjay\'s father kidnaps Aakash and Shivani and demands the hard disk from Sanjay, indicating that he has his own plans to make use of it. A fight ensues, and Bhaskar and Anu try to save their kids from Sanjay and his father. Bhaskar ends up saving everyone, and Sanjay and his father are killed. Anu and Shivani cancel their trip to Canada and reunite with Bhaskar and Aakash. Bhaskar and Anu get married. Few months later, Anu gets pregnant with Bhaskar.
- Arvind Swamy as Bhaskar
- Amala Paul as Anu
- Baby Nainika as Shivani, Anu\'s daughter
- Master Raghavan as Aakash, Bhaskar\'s son
- Nikesha Patel as Kalyani
- Aftab Shivdasani as Sanjay, Anu\'s husband
- Soori as Rakkappa aka Rocky
- Nassar as M. A. M. Rangasamy, Bhaskar's father
- Siddique as Sanjay\'s father
- Jennifer Antony as Sanjay\'s mother
- Ramesh Khanna as Devadas
- Robo Shankar as Arnold
- Riyaz Khan as Riyas Ahmed IPS
- Narayan Lucky as Siddharth
- Chitra Lakshmanan as Registrar
- T. M. Karthik as Parthasarathy from Triplicane
- A. K. Sajan as Scientist Jaswant Malhotra
- Orma Bose as Jaswant\'s daughter


# Bhaskar Oru Rascal
The success of Siddique\'s Malayalam film, *Bhaskar the Rascal* (2015) prompted the makers to consider making a Tamil version, with Ajith Kumar linked to the lead role in late 2015. After the plans failed to materialise, Siddique began discussions with actor Rajinikanth in early 2016 to play the lead role, but the actor eventually chose not to do the film. In September 2016, Siddique finalised Arvind Swamy as the male lead and held unsuccessful discussions with Nayanthara and then Sonakshi Sinha to star opposite him. In early 2017, Siddique selected Amala Paul and Nainika to play the other lead roles in the film. For the role a young male actor, the makers initially approached Aarav, the son of actor Jayam Ravi, and then Aahil, the son of actor Srikanth, to star in the film. The pair\'s refusal meant that Raghavan, who had previously appeared in *Sethupathi* (2016) and *Pa Paandi* (2017), was added to the cast. Siddique revealed that he planned to keep the essence of the original Malayalam film, but would incorporate more action scenes for the Tamil version. Comedy actors including Soori, Ramesh Khanna and Robo Shankar were also drafted in to work on the project. This is movie is the director\'s fifth in Tamil after *Friends* (2001), *Engal Anna* (2004), *Sadhu Miranda* (2008) and *Kaavalan* (2011). The shoot of the film began in Kochi during early April 2017. Earlier the release was planned for October 2017, now the plan is to release in March 2018.
Soundtrack was composed by Amresh Ganesh and lyrics were written by Pa. Vijay, Karunakaran, Viveka, and Madhan Karky. Soundtrack received positive reviews with a critic calling it \"decent work by Amresh\".
`Song Title `
`Singer(s) `
`Time`
`"Amma I Love You" `
`Shreya Ghoshal, Sreya Jayadeep `
`4:46`
`"Bhaskar Is a Rascal" `
`Amresh Ganesh `
`3:58`
`"Thookanangoodu" `
`Krish, Vandana Srinivasan `
`4:08`


# Bhaskar Oru Rascal
`"Ippodhu Yen" `
`Karthik `
`4:20`
`"Bhaskar Theme" `
`Amresh Ganesh `
`1:10`
The film was initially scheduled to released on January 14 but later got postponed to April 27 however failed to meet the expectations. Despite May 11 being announced as the release date, it was finally released on May 18. The satellite rights of the film were sold to Zee Tamil. The film was also dubbed and released in Hindi as *Mawali Raaj* on YouTube on 27 December 2019.
*Indian Express* wrote \"The film's setting, story and characters fall flat, reducing Bhaskar Oru Rascal to a very few enjoyable moments that come far in between.\" *The Hindu* wrote \"It's nice to see Arvind Swami loosen up on screen, but 'Bhaskar Oru Rascal' fails to create an emotional connect.\" *Hindustan Times* wrote \"Barring moments where one can find relief in comedy, Siddique's Bhaskar Oru Rascal falls flat on its face and emerges as one of the most boring films in recent times.\" *Sify* called it \"average entertainer\" falls flat in \"comedy and sentiments\".


# The Invincible Constable
***The Invincible Constable*** is a 1993 Chinese-Taiwanese martial arts comedy film directed by Hong Kong director Chan Muk-chuen, based on the 19th-century novel *The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants*. The film was shot in Dajinhu National Geopark () in Taining County, Fujian, a protected area of China.
The film is set in 11th-century Song dynasty. Bai Yutang, a young hero nicknamed \"Sleek Rat\", arrives at the national capital Kaifeng Prefecture to challenge Zhan Zhao (nicknamed \"Southern Hero\" and \"Imperial Cat\"), a young constable who works for the incorruptible prefect and judge Bao Zheng. A master of intrusion, Bai Yutang sneaks into the imperial palace at night with ease, but when he tries to leave he only narrowly escapes Zhan Zhao\'s capture. He returns to his base in Hollow Island and is ambushed and pranked by his sworn brothers Han Zhang (\"Earth Rat\"), Xu Qing (\"Mountain Rat\"), and Lu Fang (\"Sky Rat\"), who throw him into the river to be rescued by the fourth brother Jiang Ping (\"River Rat\"). After the wacky reunion, the five sworn brothers are visited by Ding Yuehua, a bubbly young swordswoman whose sharp tongue annoys Bai Yutang no end. By continuously praising Zhan Zhao and joking about Bai Yutang\'s abilities, she successfully provokes Bai into leaving for Kaifeng again.
Meanwhile, Zhan Zhao who is on Bai Yutang\'s trail has arrived in the mountains surrounding Hollow Island. He meets Ding Yuehua, who immediately takes a liking to him. Ding Yuehua foolishly tries to challenge Zhan Zhao in swordsmanship, and is only rescued by her older brother (or cousin) Ding Zhaohui. Ding Zhaohui invites Zhan Zhao to his estate for a drink, during which Ding Yuehua continues to pester Zhan Zhao. When Ding Zhaohui yells at her, she leaves in a huff.


# The Invincible Constable
Bai Yutang arrives in Kaifeng and begins his chivalrous activities. He sneaks into the mansion of the treacherous Imperial Tutor Pang, who is throwing a birthday banquet in which all guests have to eat *baozi* (to show his hatred for Judge Bao). Imperial Tutor Pang gets drunk and mistakenly kills his two favorite concubines, believing they are cheating on him (it was actually Bai Yutang who imitated their voices). He then counsels with his advisor Liao Tiancheng, who writes a memorial to the throne about the killing, but laying the blame on Judge Bao. Bai Yutang overhears the conversation and begins to set fire. He is stopped by Zhan Zhao, who has come back to Kaifeng, but manages to convince Zhan to join him. During the chaos following the fire, he substitutes Imperial Tutor Pang\'s memorial with another one offering to donate all his property to charity.
Realizing the rivalry between Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, Liao Tianzhang believes he can buy off the \"Five Rats\" to take their side against Judge Bao. Instead, he gets beaten black and blue by Bai Yutang, Jiang Ping and Xu Qing. Bai Yutang meets Ding Yuehua who again provokes him into action: this time he steals Judge Bao\'s \"Imperial Sword\". Just as he is returning to Hollow Island, his four brothers are poisoned in a restaurant by Liao Tianzhang. The four brothers believe Zhan Zhao is the culprit, and a struggle with him ensues. They escape from Zhan Zhao only to fall into the hands of Liao Tianzhang, but Zhan rescues them. Knowing that they are all righteous heroes, Zhan Zhao persuades them to join him under Judge Bao. However, the four brothers are reluctant to go after Bai Yutang, their own brother.


# The Invincible Constable
Zhan Zhao meets Ding Yuehua again on his way to Hollow Island. Initially he tries hard to avoid her, but his kind and gentle nature gradually shines through, and they become close during the journey. When they arrive in Hollow Island, they fall into Bai Yutang\'s trap. Bai Yutang\'s four brothers refuse to intervene either way, but thankfully Ding Zhaohui comes to the rescue. Having been freed, Zhan Zhao battles Bai Yutang for the sword. At this time Imperial Tutor Pang arrives with a fleet to extinguish all the heroes. Despite his seemingly unbeatable martial arts skills, the heroes work together to kill him. The sword which has fallen into the river is finally retrieved by Jiang Ping.
Dajinhu National Geopark in Taining County, where this movie is filmed.
- Lin Wei as Zhan Zhao
- Li Chih-hsi as Bai Yutang
- Cynthia Khan as Ding Yuehua
- Alex Fong as Xu Qing
- Ha Kwok-wing as Jiang Ping
- Shih Chung-tin as Lu Fang
- Mark Cheng as Han Zhang
- Yen Shi-kwan as Imperial Tutor Pang
- Su Jun as Liao Tiancheng
- Anthony Wong as Ding Zhaohui
- Fan Wei as Bao Zheng


# Farewell Summer (1992 film)
***Farewell Summer*** (, ) is a 1992 Vietnamese 35mm romance film adapted from Nguyễn Đông Thức\'s 1992 novel of the same name. The film was produced by Giaiphong Film Studio and directed by Lê Hoàng Hoa.
This romance comedy film follows the story of the life and loves of four female pupils whose names begin with the letter \"H\" (Hằng-Hạ-Hoa-Hân) and the male student Long before their graduation.
- Việt Trinh \... Hằng
- Hồng Hạnh \... Hạ
- Hương Giang \... Hoa
- Bảo Hạnh \... Hân
- Lê Công Tuấn Anh \... Long
- Thiệu Ánh Dương \... Ngôn
- Lê Cung Bắc \... Mr. Quang -- Hằng\'s father
- Kim Xuân \... Mrs. Quang -- Hằng\'s mother
- Quang Đại \... Uncle Đăng
- Hoàng Phúc \... Đoàn Hùng
- Hữu Luân \... Teacher Minh
- Cao Thùy \... Teacher Tùng
- Lê Bình \... Teacher Ân
- Thụy Giao \... Trinh
- Kim Ngọc \... Hạ\'s mother
- Trần Ngân \... Thiện
- Tường Vân \... Principal
- Trọng Hải \... Vũ
- Xuân Bình \... Hiển
Location at Marie Curie High School in Ho Chi Minh City and somewhere in Dak Nong, began since 13 April 1992.
- Camera : Nguyễn Hòe, Minh Tuấn
- Designer : Phạm Nguyên Cẩn
- Costume : Ngọc Điệp
- Sound : Quang Đạo
- Music : Thanh Tùng (Farewell summer / Vĩnh biệt mùa hè), Từ Huy (? / Mong đợi ngậm ngùi), Nguyễn Ngọc Thiện (? / Cô bé dỗi hờn)
- Singer : Cẩm Vân and someones


# Love Case
***Love Case*** (, ) is a 2008 Vietnamese telefilm adapted from Hồ Văn Trung\'s July 1941 novel *Cư kỉnh* (居璟). The film was produced by Ho Chi Minh City Television and directed by Võ Việt Hùng.
The film is set in Cần Thơ\'s village of Cochinchina in the 1930s. It features a family of district chief Mr.Hàm Tân (Huỳnh Anh Tuấn), in a time when romance novels infiltrated. Neighbour and writer Chí Cao (Trương Minh Quốc Thái) is killed with his paper-knife, but no one knows who his killer is. Suspects include killer Quận (Tấn Beo), Thị Lịnh (Hoàng Minh Minh), Mrs. District-chief Hàm Tân (Thiên Hương) and Túy (Quế Phương).
Shot on location at Gò Công, Saigon, Thủ Dầu Một, Sa Đéc, Trà Vinh, Bến Tre and Da Lat in 2008. The location used as the house of District-chief Hàm Tân was the famous address of Gò Công, its name was Prefecture-chief Hải\'s Oldhouse.

### Film
- Product manager : Nguyễn Việt Hùng
- Assistant director : Lê Cường, Hồ Vân, Lê Văn Quý, Trần Minh Trung
- Accountant : Thúy Anh, Minh Phụng, Minh Hoa
- Camera : Cao Thành Danh, Đinh Anh Cường, Trần Văn Vinh, Đoàn Tiến Dũng, Trần Ngọc Thiện
- Design : Lê Cương, Lê Thắng, Hồng Minh, Vũ Ngọc Tâm, Huỳnh Ngọc Trạng
- Light : Nguyễn Minh Hoàng, Nguyễn Thành Vinh, Nguyễn Văn Đạt, Phan Phú Quý
- Make-up : Ngọc Vân, Hoàn Kim
- Costume : Trịnh Thế Bảo, Vũ Ngọc Linh

### Music
- Theme songs \"Looking down\" (*Cúi mặt*) and \"Round of the sorrow\" (*Vòng sầu*) by Ngọc Sơn with Lam Tuyền\'s singing.


# Love Case
### Cast
- Huỳnh Anh Tuấn \... Mr. District-chief Hàm Tân
- Thiên Hương \... Mrs. District-chief Hàm Tân
- Quế Phương \... Túy
- Thanh Trúc \... Huyên
- Trương Minh Quốc Thái \... Chí Cao
- Quốc Cường \... Mr. Prefecture-chief Huyền
- Phúc An \... Mrs. Prefecture-chief Huyền
- Tấn Beo \... Quận
- Trương Quỳnh Anh \... Bảng
- Mỹ Dung \... Lady Ba
- Hoàng Minh Minh \... Ngô Thị Lịnh
- Tấn Hưng \... Village-chief Tại
- Mai Thành \... Physician
- Ngọc Thảo \... Tú
- Lê Chẩn \... Chó
- Thu Hà \... Tư Thanh
- Tôn Thất Chương \... Thuần Phong
- Hào Khánh \... Clerk
- Minh Luân \... Accountant Thanh
- Thu Nga \... Ngọ
- Lê Cường \... The captain
- Trần Văn Đua \... The cop
- Hoàng Vũ \... Chief of village-guards
- Thierry Blanc \... The procurator
- Alfred \... The judge
- Michel Depart \... The medical-examiner
- Kim Loan \... Translator
- Chánh Thuận \... Canh
- Thủ Tín \... Huê
- Quang Đáng \... Bằng Linh
- Quang Thắng \... Village-teacher Kỉnh
- Hoàng Phong \... Prefecture-chief Huyền in his childhood
- Hoàng Tấn \... First lawyer
- Xuân Hùng \... Second lawyer
- Phan Trung Hiếu \... Bỉnh
- Mai Hạnh \... Village-notable Đống
- Lệ Hoa \... Wife of village-notable Đống
- Văn Tiến \... Tộ
- Minh Cường \... Tí
- Bạch Liên \... The watershop-innkeeper
- Lê Khắc Sinh Nhật \... Guard of the prefecture-chief
- Lê Tiến Phát \... Chí Cao in his childhood
- Thanh Lan \... The oldman loses his whaleboat
- Bảo Nghi \... Daughter of Thị Lịnh
- Diễm Tuyết \... Innkeeper of tailorshop Ngọc Lan
- Như Nguyệt \... The bookshop-innkeeper


# Love Case
### Cast
and : Cao Kim Loan, Bích Thảo, Trần Ngọc Lìn, Lê Minh Phụng, Hồ Vân, Ngọc Tâm, Ngọc Hồng, Ngọc Phi, Kim Cương, Kim Lan, Thu Hà, Âu Ngọc Thủy, Thanh Vân, Phú Quý, Minh Hoa, Hoàng Oanh, Ngọc Ngự, Thanh Hồng, and Minh Trung
*Love Case* received the Golden Ochna Integerrima Award for best film director (awarded to Võ Việt Hùng) in 2009.


# Pullikkaran Staraa
***Pullikkaran Staraa*** () is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film written and directed by Syamdhar and starring Mammootty, Deepti Sati and Asha Sarath . The film released on 1 September 2017, coinciding with Onam and Bakrid festivals.
Rajakumaran (Mammootty), moves to Kochi as an instructor in a teacher\'s training institute and he meets two women, Manjari (Asha Sarath) and Manjima (Deepti Sati) which changes the turn of his life.
- Mammootty as Rajakumaran
- Deepti Sati as Manjima (voice-over by Raveena Ravi)
- Asha Sarath as Manjari Anthony, a School teacher
- Innocent as Omanakshan Pillai
- Sijoy Varghese as Anthony
- Vivek Gopan as Vivek
- Dileesh Pothan as Kuryachen
- Hareesh Perumanna as Bharathan
- Pearle Maaney as Angelina
- Sohan Seenulal
- Nitha Promy as Deepa teacher
- Alencier Ley Lopez as Kumaran, Rajakumaran\'s father
- Maniyanpilla Raju as Murali Nambiar, Manjima\'s father
- Anjali Aneesh as Mayur\'s wife
- Thesni Khan as Vedikettu Mridhula
- Sunil Sukhada as Sudhakaran
- Kalabhavan Haneef as teacher
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# Pullikkaran Staraa
*Pullikkaran Staara* is the second directorial venture by Syamdhar. The film is produced by B. Rakesh & Francis Kannookadan, under the banner Universal Cinemas in association with FTS FILMS. Mammootty does the role of a teacher trainer who hails from Idukki. Deepti Sati returned after a gap of over 2 years. Asha Sarath does the second female lead role, that of a teacher. After a short break, actor and parliamentarian Innocent (actor) is shown in a full-length role in the film. The makers announced the title of the film, only after the completion of the shoot.
The film opened in theatres as an Onam-Bakrid release on 1 September 2017. It grossed 95 lakh in the opening day at Kerala box office.
The film features songs composed by M. Jayachandran while the background score is provided by Gopi Sundar. An audio launch function was held on 10 August 2017.


# Bolívar el héroe
***Bolívar el héroe*** (lit. Bolivar the hero) is a Colombian anime influenced animated film about the life of Simon Bolivar.
It tells the story of the Liberator Simón Bolívar through characters and situations of fiction. For example, attempts were made to simplify the conflict against Spain by creating the composite character \"Tyrannical\", symbolizing Spanish evil and oppression. Its counterpart is \"Américo\", who represents the slavery and the craving for freedom of the people.
Its budget has never been revealed exactly by the producers, but thanks to information given by Míquel Diaz Ramajo it is known that through personal messages, one of the producers of the film (Miguel Angel Vasquez Aguirre) Of giving the money for the film was in effect the director, Guillermo del Rincon who used 70,000 dollars for it.
It premiered on December 25, 2003, stayed in theatres for over 4 weeks.
The movie received extremely negative reception, mostly attribute to its poor animation quality.
- II Festival de animación de Maracaibo, Venezuela - February 17--22, 2004
- Festival Iberoamericano, Montreal, Canada - October 16--22, 2004
- Primera muestra de cine colombiano en Porto Alegre, Brazil - December 1--8, 2004
- Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Hispanoamericano - Havana, Cuba - December 2004
- Festival de Cine de animación - Valparaíso, Chile - April 2005
- IV Festival Infantil y Juvenil 2005 Quito, Ecuador - August 2005
- VII Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena para Niños y Jóvenes Cartagena, Colombia - October 2005
- San Juan CINEMAFEST de Puerto Rico. San Juan, Puerto Rico - October 2005
- Feria del Libro de Guadalajara - Invitado especial Colombia. Guadalajara, México - November 2007
- Anime-influenced animation
- Simón Bolívar (1942 film)
- Simón Bolívar (1969 film)
- The Liberator (film)


# Last Knight (film)
***The Last Knight**\'\', also known as***The Last Warrior**\'\' () is a 2017 Russian fantasy comedy film directed by Dmitriy Dyachenko. The story develops around Baba Yaga and Koschei, both villains in traditional Russian fairy tales (as well as the fairy tales of other Slavic countries). The film was produced by American film companies The Walt Disney Company CIS with Russian film companies Yellow, Black and White and Kinoslovo. The film stars Viktor Khorinyak, Mila Sivatskaya, Elena Yakovleva, Ekaterina Vilkova, Konstantin Lavronenko and Yevgeny Dyatlov.
It was scheduled to have a wide release on October 26, 2017. As of November 26, 2017, the film became the highest-grossing local-language release of all time in Russia, surpassing *Stalingrad* with 1.68 billion rubles (\$28.8 million) and topping out at \$30.5 million. In Russia, the film holds the 12th place biggest box-office audiences. This was Disney Russia\'s second film produced specifically for the Russian market, with the first being *The Book of Masters* (2009).
A sequel, titled *The Last Warrior: Root of Evil*, was released in January 2021 and a third film *The Last Warrior: A Messenger of Darkness* was released in December 2021.
In Belogorie, a parallel version of Ancient Russia, Sorceress Varvara hunts down Alyosha Popovich whom she believes to be the last Bogatyr (Hero or Warrior). She petrifies and throws him into the sea, where hundreds of other victims rest.
In modern Moscow, Ivan Naydenov is a young orphan who makes his way in life by being a con artist. He poses as a \"white mage\", stars in rigged psychic contest shows, and performs \"rites\" for clients. He starts having doubts about his life choices, however, when asked to cure a comatose boy.
One day, during an escape from a client\'s husband, Ivan miraculously ends up in Belogorie. This magical world is inhabited by Russian fairy tales characters and creatures. A volkhv appears and claims that Ivan is the lost son of Ilya Muromets, hidden on Earth many years ago.


# Last Knight (film)
Ivan is then captured by Varvara\'s warriors and brought to prince Dobrynya Nikitich. Dobrynya is friendly, but princess Varvara imprisons Ivan in her dungeon without her husband\'s knowledge. There, Ivan meets a disembodied Koschei, who tells him the magical Sword Kladenets is his only way back to Earth. Koschei himself had used Kladenets to become immortal, but is overthrown and imprisoned by Bogatyrs. After the forces of good had won, most of the magical creatures were imprisoned or killed, then the Bogatyrs themselves suffered the same fate. If Ivan truly is Ilya\'s son, he can uncover the Sword and use it to restore power to the surviving magical creatures, and to return home.
Baba Yaga is captured and thrown into the same dungeon. However, this was premeditated: she brought Vasilisa the Wise in frog form, who easily releases the prisoners. Koschei, Baba Yaga and Vasilisa decide to take Ivan with them to find the Sword. Escaping the dungeon, they enlist Vodyanoy the Merman. Koschei tells Ivan of Vasilisa\'s backstory: after she caught the eye of Dobrynya, the jealous Varvara turned everyone in her village into frogs. Baba Yaga could alleviate the curse by helping her to occasionally turn back into human form. Despite bonding with Vasilisa, Ivan still wishes to get back to his own world.
Varvara eventually captures the protagonist, petrifies Vodyanoy and forces Ivan to get the Sword for her, holding his companions hostage. Ivan recovers the Sword and overpowers his foes, but Koshei turns out to be in league with Varvara. Moreover, Dobrynya turns out to be the mastermind, planning to use the Sword to become immortal like Koschei. Reasoning that he no longer needs his help, Dobrynya betrays Koschei, and Ivan uses the Sword to escape to Earth.


# Last Knight (film)
Back in Moscow, Ivan realizes he cannot abandon his beloved Vasilisa, and decides to get back. He finds the volkhv and returns to Belogorie. After setting free Zmey Gorynych he uses a modern handgun to fight his way to Dobrynya. However, the latter has already become immortal and prepares to execute Vasilisa and Baba Yaga. Using Gorynych as a distraction, Ivan challenges Dobrynya to a duel, hoping to give his companions time to destroy the magical stone and undo the Immortals\' invulnerability. During the fight, Dobrynya reveals that it was his envy of Ilya that led to betrayal of Bogatyrs.
Koschei eventually gets his hands on the magical stone. Touched by the selfless heroism of his companion, he decides to shatter it, killing himself and Dobrynya. Varvara flees Belogorie, and her petrified victims come back to life. Among them was Ilya, who reunites with Ivan. Rather than return to the life of a fake \"mage\", Ivan stays in Belogorie and marries Vasilisa. He briefly comes to Earth to heal the comatose boy.
A mid-credit scene shows Varvara on Earth, meeting her mother Galina, Ivan\'s housekeeper. The two had planned to enthrall Dobrynya and rule Belogorye. That plan have failed, they will now have to make a different move.
Viktor Khorinyak the role of Ivan.


# Last Knight (film)
- Viktor Khorinyak as Ivan Ilyich Naydenov / Ivan the Fool, appears on the television screen in the role of magician and psychic Svetozar.
  - Igor Yashanin as Ivan Naydenov in childhood
- Mila Sivatskaya as Vasilisa the Wise, trying to destroy the spell that turned all her relatives into frogs, Vasilisa learned to fight in life.
- Konstantin Lavronenko as Koschei
- Elena Yakovleva as Baba Yaga, a witch living in a cabin on chicken legs.
  - Svetlana Kolpakova as young appearance of Baba Yaga
- Ekaterina Vilkova as Princess Varvara, an evil sorceress.
- as Dobrynya Nikitich, a fearless bogatyr who turned to evil. He is married to Varvara.
- Sergey Burunov as Vodyanoy, a merman, the lord of rivers, lakes and sea waters.
- Aleksandr Semchev as Chudo-Yudo, a monster that lives in the gorge.
- Yuriy Tsurilo as Ilya Muromets
- Wolfgang Cerny as Alyosha Popovich
- Timofey Tribuntsev as the white mage Svetozar, a volkhv
- Oleg Chevelyov as Varvara\'s guard
- Vladimir Ipatov as a boyar
- Andrey Trushin as a bogatyr, warrior
- Elena Valyushkina as Galina, Ivan's housekeeper, Varvara's mother

### English dubbing
The film was dubbed into English with the title *The Last Warrior* at the UK studio Pinewood Studio in 2017.
- Chris Kaye as Ivan Naydenov / Ivan the Fool
- Catherine Zeta-Jones as Varvara
- Kat Lozano as ?
- Mike Myers as Vodyanoy

### Development
In May 2016, production began in Moscow and other locations. The premier was set for October 19, 2017, on the eve of school holidays with potential for being released in the IMAX format. The production companies applied to the Cinema Foundation for state support. Filming took place in Moscow and near Sochi. As of November 26, 2017, the film became the highest-grossing local-language release of all time in Russia, surpassing *Stalingrad* with 1.68 billion rubles (\$28.8 million)


# Last Knight (film)
### Casting
The main character of the film, Ivan Naydenov, performed by Viktor Khorinyak, was conceived as a more serious hero, although there was also something left of the character of Kostya Anisimov from the TV series *Kitchen*, for example, the ability to quickly find a way out of a difficult situation.

### Filming
Principal photography took place in Moscow and near Sochi, and basically all the scenes were shot in real scenery, and not on a chroma key. Most of the filming took place in the Republic of Abkhazia. Abkhazian production company Alexandra Basariya (Sandro) Abkhaz-Production LLC hospitably received the film crew and beloved Russian actors. The shooting took place in such cities and areas as: the road to Lake Ritsa, Auadhara Nature Reserve, Alpine Meadows, the village of Otap cave in Ochamchyrsky District, the town of Pitsunda, Gagra and Gudauta.

### Post-production
According to the director, a watermark created by computer-generated imagery.

### Track listing
The film is scheduled to be released in the Russian Federation on October 29, 2017 by Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing (WDSSPR). The television premiere took place on January 1, 2018 on the Russia-1 TV channel.

### Budget
The exact budget for the movie is unknown but it\'s estimated to be somewhere between \$6 and \$8 million. In 2017 production company Yellow, Black and White (YBW) revealed that the overall production and promotion budget was 370 million Russian Rubles (\~\$8 million), equally distributed between Disney and YBW. The film is partially sponsored by Russian government through Cinema Fund, which gave 100 million Russian Rubles to YBW, although half of that sum was returned to state-owned Cinema Fund thanks to the movie\'s commercial success.


# Last Knight (film)
### Box office
*The Last Knight* in less than two weeks of rental broke the bar of 1 billion rubles and became the highest-grossing domestic film of 2017, according to the Unified Automated Information System (UAIS) (this record was broken after a short time by the sports drama *Going Vertical* (2017 film), which earned at the box office 3 billion rubles). In total, *The Last Knight* collected more than 1.7 billion rubles at the box office, having recovered its budget in 11 days.
The reason for success is found both in a positive word of mouth, and in the active support of distributors.

### Critical response
Critics\' opinions about the film were divided, it received conflicting ratings - but mostly average, neutral. According to the \"Criticism\" aggregator, *The Last Knight* received an average rating of 67/100 in the press (based on 29 reviews). Igromania magazine stated that the film is straightforward and that the reason why the villains of fairy tales, such as Koschey or Baba Yaga, went over to the good side, was not explained in the film. But he praised the film for good humor. Magazine \"Mir Fantastiki\" gave the film six out of ten stars and stated that the film could not escape the cliche with the main character, which could be ridiculed in *Shrek* fifteen years ago, because of which the film suffers from a lack of originality, and also stated that the reason why the villains save the world of fairy tales was not disclosed in the film. However, the magazine also praised the film for humor.
According to the results of a survey organized by the Kinopoisk website on the VKontakte social network, users called *The Last Knight* the best Russian film of 2017.
The Russian Disney office announced a sequel to the film in February 2018 with Yellow, Black and White co-production and Vitaliy Shlyappo leading the writers. The film is called *The Last Warrior: Root of Evil* and was released on December 24 in 2020. A further sequel is scheduled for 2021.
- *The Last Warrior: Root of Evil* (2021 film)
- *The Last Warrior 3* (2021 film)


# Cosmoball
***Cosmoball***, also known as ***Goalkeeper of the Galaxy*** () is a 2020 Russian 3D superhero space opera film written and directed by Dzhanik Fayziev, based on the animated series *Galactik Football*, with the participation of the television channel Russia-1. The film is set in the future, a post-apocalyptic city in a world inhabited by survivors of an intergalactic war that has shifted the planet\'s poles. Above the city towers a huge alien ship - it is a stadium, the planet\'s fate rests in the hands of the willing and capable *Cosmoball* players who are defending the Earth. The fate of the planet depends on the result of the match between earthlings and aliens.
Andrey Rubanov also participated in the writing of the script, and among the producers are Sergey Selyanov and Innokentiy Malinkin. It stars Yevgeny Romantsov as Anton a goalkeeper to the national team, alongside Viktoriya Agalakova, Maria Lisovaya, Ivan Ivanovich, Liza Taychenacheva, Yevgeny Mironov, and Elena Yakovleva in supporting roles.
Location filming began on June 2, 2017 and principal photography locations included the Mosfilm Studios. Shooting took place at Mosfilmovskaya Street in Moscow, and lasted until mid-September 2017.
The film required a wide use of computer-generated imagery to portray the rare alien races and space monsters.
*Cosmoball* was scheduled to be theatrically released in Russia on August 27, 2020, in 2D, RealD 3D formats, with distribution in Russia handled by \"Nashe Kino\" (English: \"Our Cinema\").
The film was the first major Russian project to be released after the limitation of the number of viewers in cinemas due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. The film grossed 106 million rubles with a budget of 786 million rubles, becoming a box-office failure.
In the aftermath of a galactic war, which took place in proximity to Earth, the Moon was destroyed, and the poles of the planet disappeared. Now the climate of Moscow and its population resembles the anti-utopian cyberpunk Brazil: representatives of different races and subcultures, weirdos, exotic animals, and engineering miracles coexist on sun-drenched streets.


# Cosmoball
An enormous spaceship hovers over Earth. This is a stadium where competitions are held, remotely resembling modern football, but at incredibly high speeds. The name of the game is *Cosmoball* - a kind of football.
- Yevgeny Romantsov as Anton (Magli sputnik-droid), the Earthling\'s cosmoball team goalkeeper.
: Growing up without a father, he hates cosmoball. Anton thinks only about how to prolong the life of his sick mother and is forced to steal medicines from pharmacies which have turned into strategically important and specially protected facilities. But ironically, it was he who was given the power of teleportation, which he does not yet know how to use, and it is he who will become the leader of the Earth national cosmoball team and the main defender of our planet.
- Viktoriya Agalakova as Natalya \'Natasha\' (Kisa sputnik-droid) the Earthling\'s cosmoball team captain.
: A young girl of phenomenal beauty who devoted her whole life to sports. Straight, decisive, and courageous, she is used to winning in everything.
- Maria Lisovaya as Valaya / Anya
: Cherno\'s daughter with shapeshifting abilities. Anton runs into Anya in the slums of tropical Moscow, hiding from the police. Like Anton she also hates cosmoball. Bold and determined, she tries to push him into a strong protest.
- Ivan Ivanovich as Pele (Susya sputnik-droid)
: Pele is a virtuoso Latin American striker from snowy Brazil. The fastest and strongest on the Earth\'s national cosmoball team. He is used to taking care of his girls - Natasha and little Fan. Pele\'s neck and part of his face are covered with an intricate ethnic tattoo.
- Yelizaveta Taychenacheva as Fan (Gosha sputnik-droid)
: The smallest person on the Earth\'s national cosmoball team, she can deftly deceive the opponent by sneaking right in front of his nose, but quickly gets tired on the field.
- Yevgeny Mironov as Belo, trainer-mentor


# Cosmoball
: The Earth team is coached by an alien genius scientist with long white hair and purple eyes. Belo has his own interest on Earth and in the national team - only he fully understands what kind of evil they are opposing, and this victory in this confrontation became the meaning of his life.
- Elena Yakovleva as Anton\'s mother
- Mikhail Yefremov as Vasiliy, a police officer
- Mikhail Stenin as Vasiliy\'s assistant
- Dmitry Nazarov as a police chief
- Svetlana Permyakova as an evil woman at the stock exchange
- Yan Tsapnik as a sports commentator
- Gosha Kutsenko as a red-faced security guard
The Amazonian team
- Julia Vins as amazon U
- Khristina Blokhina as amazon Vo
- Valeriya Bukina as amazon Bu
- Stanislav Rogachev as amazon Kho
The Siriusian team
- Alexey Rakhmanov as captain of the Siriusians
- Yevgeny Kosyrev as siriusian Stan
- Pavel Dorofeev as a siriusian
- Alexey Pavlov as a siriusian
The North American
- Wolfgang Cerny as a bearded man with Times Square
- Svetlana Ivanova as bearded man\'s wife

### Development
Dzhanik Fayziev, writer and director of *Cosmoball*, at Kinotavr in 2016.
In August 2014, Dzhanik Fayziev announced that he is planning to film a blockbuster titled *Cosmoball* about a Russian superhero fighting alien invaders, inspired by the comics of the Marvel Universe, and not about the new work of Russian directors who have decided to take the superhero cinema to a completely new level, Russia Today reports.
Fayziev clarified that, according to the plot, people evolved and became part of a galactic society fighting creatures that look like \"super-reactive turboballs\", therefore battles with them resemble football, hence the name of the film. The nickname of the superhero is Lev Yashin.
Producing was done by Dzhanik Fayziev\'s company Bonanza Studio, which had success with the films *The Turkish Gambit* (2005 film) and *Furious* (2017 film), a historical fantasy film.
He is also the co-producer and co-author of the script.


# Cosmoball
### Development
Executive producing of the film was entrusted to Sergey Selyanov (ru), director of the CTB Film Company. The preliminary development of the project took almost 5 years.
Maksim Osadchy known for his work on *Stalingrad* (2013 film) and *The Duelist* (2016 film), was hired as cinematographer.
The authors of the script were Twister Murchison, Drew Row, and Andrey Rubanov.
In order to promote the film, main broadcasting companies of Russia - Channel One, Russia-1 and CTC Media joined forces.

### Casting
The main roles in the film were performed by sports-men instead of professional actors. Lead actor Yevgeny Romantsov graduated from the Moscow State Academy of Physical Culture (majoring in theory and methodology of football and hockey). Romantsov previously took part in productions of the Gogol Center. Russian actress Viktoriya Agalakova (*née* Glukhikh) studied ballet, acrobatics, and choreography, which proved to be useful when filming dynamic scenes on suspensions. Agalakova works at the Saint Petersburg State Theater of Musical Comedy. They were accompanied by аctress Maria Lisovaya, a graduate of the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute.
The fourth unknown actress who joined them was the winner of international competitions in rhythmic gymnastics Yelizaveta \"Liza\" Taychenacheva, an actress who previously competed in biathlon and the Children\'s teams of Youth Sports Schools \"Youth of Moscow\". They were all cast because of their sporting past.
They were joined by famous actors such as Yevgeny Mironov, Elena Yakovleva, Mikhail Yefremov, and others.
Director Dzhanik Fayziev\'s film is one of the most ambitious, expensive, and high-tech projects of all that is being shot in Russia. On the walls of the pavilion, there is a blue chroma key on which backgrounds will be drawn. In one frame with live actors - virtual characters, drawn from scratch or with the help of digital capture technology acting game motion capture.

### Filming
Principal photography commenced in the scenery on the territory of Mosfilm Studios in Moscow, and lasted from June 2 to mid-September 2017.


# Cosmoball
### Filming
On an area of over 3,500 square meters built transforming the scenery of the streets and interiors of post-apocalyptic Moscow, with thousands of props created by the artists specifically for the film.
In the shooting involved up to 500 actors for crowd scenes, and for each a unique costume was stitched.
In the Studio, costume designers were delivered 1.5 tons of items lightweight summer clothing from India were delivered.
When working with images, sophisticated prosthetics were used: one of the characters, Valaya --- is in a suit covered with silicone pads throughout her whole body. This took seven hours to create for the make-up-artist.

### Post-production
For the post-production of visual effects is engaged in the studio Main Road Post, according to the company\'s general director Arman Yakhin.
One of the biggest challenges of the project was a large number of digital characters (over 50), both completely virtual and recreated using motion capture of actors.
For this work, the walls of the Mosfilm pavilions were covered with blue chroma key, on which the backgrounds were painted.
In the first case, the actor on the court interacts with the dimensional toy, in the second - with the actor in a blue suit with inertial sensors. Through the use of augmented reality technology, the director could see on his monitor a full-fledged image immediately, that is, instead of a blue person - an alien.
Additional work on creating a unique world of the picture, was done by visual effects specialists from the studio Main Road Post.
The music score was composed by Italian musician Tony Neiman.

## Release
The film\'s original premiere date was previously scheduled for January 24, 2019. It was delayed because on this date the creative group had some difficulties.
In September 2018, it was announced that the release date was postponed to October 17, 2019. As previously assumed, the picture would be presented to viewers on August 27, 2020. On its previously scheduled release date, its former slot was taken by *Maleficent: Mistress of Evil*.


# Cosmoball
## Release
The film\'s premiere was held on August 25, 2020, at the cinema \"Karo 11 October\" in Moscow, and was released in cinemas in the following weekend. This was the first major Russian film release after the quarantine, and it was scheduled to be released in the Russian Federation by Nashe Kino in RealD 3D format on August 27, 2020.

### Marketing
The first teaser for the film was shown on September 30, 2017, during the IgroMir / Comic-Con Russia festival, when the director presented the film to the audience.

### Box office and VOD
The film became the first major national blockbuster in Russia to be released after the effects of the outbreak of the coronavirus in Russia that forced a restriction on the number of viewers in cinemas, and put in the amount of 106.6 million Russian rubles (about \$1.4 million) compared to a budget of 786,4 million rubles.
The film was released on digital rental in Russia on October 9, 2020, at the KinoPoisk HD online cinema.

### Critical response
The film received mostly low to average ratings from Russian critics, who noted the weak storyline and expressionless dialogues of the characters.
Nikolai Kornatsky from \"Film Art\" wrote that with the visual part, everything is also not cosmic. The graphics themselves - unprecedented for our cinema - are in no way inferior to either *Valerian* (2017) or *Guardians of the Galaxy* (2014). But this whole huge, loud and populous world all too often evokes a sense of déjà vu.
Anton Dolin noted that the film lacks a clearly invented world, the laws, and background of which the authors begin to explain to the audience from the first seconds, but they continue to struggle until the very end. An interesting plot, since three stories - about Dr. Frankenstein and the monster he spawned, about a naive boy who will eventually grow into a messiah, and about a sports competition - do not fit well with each other.


# The Sleep Curse
***The Sleep Curse*** is a Hong Kong horror film directed by Herman Yau. It alternate between 1942 and 1990, between a family, with neuroscientist Lam Sik-ka (Anthony Wong), and his father Lam Sing (also by Wong), who was a translator for the Japanese occupational forces in Hong Kong. Sing has hidden the fact that in his past, he did not save a comfort woman (Michelle Wai) from persecution by the occupiers. Sik-ka later learns that his father\'s death was caused by a curse the woman placed on him, and that the curse will eventually haunt him as well.


# The Sleep Curse
Wong announced that *The Sleep Curse* would be his last performance in horror and thriller films, stating he no longer enjoyed making them.
At the Far East Film Festival in Udine, Erica Li spoke about the themes of the film, stating that the film was to \"speak for the women, \... Especially for those who cannot speak for themselves, like the victims of the war. This topic was trying to tell the world that some justice is still undone.\"
*The Sleep Curse* had its premiere at the Hong Kong International Film Festival in 2017. It had a wide release in Hong Kong on May 18, 2017.
*The Hollywood Reporter* compared the film to director Herman Yau and Anthony Wong\'s previous collaborations *The Untold Story* and *The Ebola Syndrome*, stating that \"There may be no way for the film\'s director and star to regenerate the manic energy and social fury that made The Untold Story and The Ebola Syndrome such genre-benders more than two decades ago.\" noting Wong strives for depth in the role, while Yau \"struggles to rein in all the sprawling elements --- the nondimensional characters, the visceral violence, Brother Hung\'s bombastic music --- into a tight, coherent movie.\" The *South China Morning Post* gave the film a two and a half star rating out of five, noting the screenwriters placed \"excessively long flashbacks to explain the origin of the curse\" and that \"The film only snaps back to life with an avalanche of decapitation, mutilation and cannibalism in its last reel. For those expecting a gory good time throughout, as in Yau's extreme horror classics from the '90s, that is too little, too late.\"


# The Purple Horizon
**The Purple Horizon** () is a 1971 Vietnamese 35mm eastmancolor film directed by Lê Hoàng Hoa.
A love story between an Army Corporal and a Jazz singer in a land torn apart by war between freedom and oppression is a portrait of love, lost and sacrifices by millions of young men and women during 20 years of resistance against communism. Where the heroes are just ordinary men, men who are willing to sacrifice everything for their country.
Location is Saigon during 3 months of the year 1971.

### Art
- Type : Romance, war, feature.
- Studio : Mỹ Vân Films (Mỹ-Vân Điện-ảnh Công-ti), Liên Ảnh Motion Picture (Liên-Ảnh Công-ti)
- Print : National Cinema Centre (Trung-tâm Quốc-gia Điện-ảnh)
- Digital : Spectra Films Studio (2015)
- Director : Lê Hoàng Hoa
- Screenplay : Văn Quang
- Dialogue : Mai Thảo

### Cast
- Hùng Cường \... *Phi*
- Kim Vui \... *Liên*
- Thanh Lan \... *Phượng*
- Mộng Tuyền \... *Loan*
- Ánh Nga
- Bảo Ân \... *Điền*
- Ngọc Đức
- Hà Huyền Chi
- Khả Năng
- Trần Đỗ Cung
- Ngọc Phu
- Khả Năng
- Tùng Lâm
- Xuân Phát
- Bà Năm Sadec


# The Tayson Gallantry
**The Tayson Gallantry** (, ) is a 1991 Vietnamese 35mm wuxia film directed by Lê Hoàng Hoa in his art name Khôi Nguyên, adapted from Lê Hoàng Khải\'s 1990 novel *The Jade Lamp martial art* (玉盞神功).
- **Episode 1** : The Tayson Gallantry
- **Episode 2** : The Jade Lamp Martial-art
Location is Bình Định in 1991.

### Art
- Costume : Cố Đô Tailorshop

### Cast
**Episode 1**
- Lý Hùng
- Diễm Hương
- Mộng Vân
- Hương Giang
- Ngọc Hiệp
- Lê Cung Bắc
- Trần Minh Dậu
- Phạm Đức Long
- Trần Công Tuấn
- Trần Thanh Trúc
- Ngọc Đặng
- Hoàng Phúc
- Thanh Mai
- Trần Quang Hiếu
- Tư Lê
- Monk Giác Huệ Viên
- Hoàng Triều
- Nguyễn Lượng
- Trần Công Thiện
- Bình Minh
- Lâm Thế Thành
- Huyền Linh
- Nhật Minh
- Văn Thành
- Thu Hương
- Thanh Thủy
- Trần Lộc
- Hoàng Ngân
- Mã Trung
- Văn Ngà
- Văn Mến
- Thành Lũy
- Anh Triều
- Lê Công Thế
- Thu Vân
- Sĩ Hùng
- Thanh Hùng
- Văn Thành
- Khôn Hải
- Thanh Tài
- Bá Lộc
- Thanh Linh
- Công Thành
- Lê Tuấn
**Episode 2**
- Lê Tuấn Anh
- Việt Trinh
- Mỹ Duyên
- Lý Minh
- Lê Ngân
- Trọng Hải
- Thạch Ngà
- Thạch Hùng
- Hắc Hổ
- Quang Hiếu
- Trần Long
- Mạc Can
- Lê Hải
- Nguyễn Khôi
- Tiến Dũng
- Lê Đạt
- Trung Nam
- Bảo Hạnh
- Thụy Giao
- Hải Diễm
- Văn Bình
- Ngọc Ái
- Đình Lan
- Thành Tài
- Công Duẩn
- Thái Hoàng
- Thanh Long
- Hữu Thuận
- Minh Thiên
- Xuân Bình
- Quang Thái
- Lê Cương
- Lê Dũng


# Life of a Flower
**Life of a Flower** (, , ) is a 1953 Vietnamese 16mm romance film directed by Trần Viết Long in his art name Trần Lang.
*Life of a Flower* was the first sound film which Vietnamese men has produced. Location is Hanoi (84th Nguyen Du Street) and Hong Kong in 1953.

### Art
- Studio : Kim Chung Films (Kim-Chung Điện-ảnh Công-ti)
- Director : Claude Bernard
- Producer and writer : Trần Viết Long (Manager Long)
- Camera : Raymond Chao

### Music
- *My village* (Chung Quân)
- *Echoes of memories* (Nguyễn Văn Tý), singing by Kim Chung and Kim Xuân
- *Autumn rain drops* (Đặng Thế Phong)
- *The guitar left behind* (Phạm Duy)

### Cast
- Kim Chung \... *Ngọc Lan*
- Kim Xuân \... *Ngọc Thủy*
- Trần Quang Tứ \... *Thiện*
- Ngọc Toàn \... *Nhạc*
- Tuấn Sửu \... *Tam*
- Nhã Ái \... *Lan and Thủy\'s mother*
- Tiền Phong \... *Thiện\'s father*
- Tiêu Lang \... *A man buys cigarettes*
with others actors from Kim Chung Performing Arts (Đoàn Cải-lương Kim-Chung).
- Waterloo Bridge (1940 film)


# Ouija 4
***Ouija 4*** is the DVD re-titled release of the 2015 Hong Kong horror film **Are You Here**, originally released as *Dip Sin Dip Sin* () directed by Jill Wong. It is an unofficial sequel to *Ouija* and *Ouija: Origin of Evil* made by Blumhouse Productions (also following the re-titled horror film *Ouija 3: The Charlie Charlie Challenge* distributed by Cinedigm). This film is completely unrelated to the official Blumhouse *Ouija* film series. Unlike *Ouija 3: The Charlie Charlie Challenge*, this entry does feature a Ouija board.
Business partners get caught up in a game of supernatural horror when playing an Ouija board online.
Released on DVD April 3, 2018 by Cinedigm


# Ouija House
***Ouija House*** is an American supernatural horror film directed by Ben Demaree. The film stars Tara Reid, Mischa Barton, Carly Schroeder and Dee Wallace. The film premiered at the Texas Frightmare Weekend on May 5, 2018.
A graduate student trying to complete her book on the paranormal, brings friends to a house with a mysterious past, where the group unwittingly summon an evil entity playing a terrifying game.
- Dee Wallace as Katherine
  - Tara Reid as Young Katherine
- Mischa Barton as Samantha
- Carly Schroeder as Laurie
- Chris Mulkey as Tomas
- Tiffany Shepis as Claire


# The Sunlit Night
***The Sunlit Night*** is a 2019 romantic comedy-drama film directed by David Wnendt, from a screenplay by Rebecca Dinerstein Knight, based on her 2015 novel of the same name. It stars Jenny Slate (who also co-produced) as a New York painter finding herself on assignment in a remote village in Norway, with Alex Sharp, Fridtjov Såheim, David Paymer, Gillian Anderson, and Zach Galifianakis in supporting roles.
The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2019, and was released on digital and VOD on July 17, 2020, by Quiver Distribution.
*The Sunlit Night* follows \"American painter Frances and émigré Yasha --- an unlikely pair who find each other in the Arctic circle. Frances has arrived to jumpstart her career while Yasha has come to bury his father in the land of the Vikings. Together under a sun that never quite sets, they let go of the past and discover the future, and family, they didn't know they had.\"
*Frances* in the opening scene begins with some art evaluators evaluating her work rather harshly. She is soon shown as breaking up with her boyfriend. She returns to her parents\' apartment who are also painters & artists. Her mother does interior textiles for wealthy people while her dad illustrates medical books.
She informs her sister that she showed up unannounced from the lake house of her boyfriend because she has broken up with him. Her parents are also told of the bad news and her mom notices that Frances has a leech attached to her posterior. While the mother removes the leech from the \"best posterior in NY\" Frances gets a text informing her that her residency in Tokyo went to another artist & not her. The dad & other daughter set up the table. During the meal Frances\' sister announces that she is getting married. Her father announces that he and their mother are separating. There is an awkward silence as the rejoicing over the other sister\'s marriage is cut short. Her father explains that he does not approve of the choice of husband made by Gabby (Frances\' sister).
He takes Frances to his working area and allots her a small space to work while he tells Frances that he is afraid how Gabby will take care of herself. Frances tells her that Gabby will be fine because she is in law school.


# The Sunlit Night
Frances is next seen speaking to a career counselor who informs her that she is being placed with an artist Nils Auerman in Norway (a remote part in the North of Norway \"Not Oslo\").
Frances arrives in Norway to be picked up by a taciturn and irritable Nils while Frances showers him with praise & admires the land comparing it to a painting. The two of them drive to her residence which is a trailer parked by the water. The bathroom & shower are in the house near the trailer. The first night she cannot sleep because the sun is always up & the curtains are not thick enough.
The next day she is taken to work on a barn which is she is supposed to paint with Nils. She watches with anticipation as the car passes by a \"Viking Village\" but the drive pass the locals, the Viking museum & archers practicing archery to an old barn which is in the process of being painted yellow. Nils constantly discourages her enthusiasm by telling her not to use the word \"amazing\" to describe the \"hard work\" ahead of her. She is given instructions to paint the interior of the barn while Nils paints the exterior. She assumes it is paint by numbers and begins working.
She goes to the grocery store to shop and notices a grocery clerk who reminds her of a goddess from the Renaissance paintings of the past. She is shocked that the clerk is working behind the freezer stacking dairy products onto the shelves. She tries talking to her but she gets an indifferent stare so she continues with her shopping. Nils invites her to dinner & makes her a dinner with fish. When she returns to her room she notices that there are goats around her trailer and one of the goats has entered her room & is become her pet.
The next day she notices Yasha walking by the side of the road & asks Nils to stop & pick him up but Nils refuses & wants to go directly to work. At work when she asks Nils when and where she can paint her own works Nils says that it won\'t be possible because they will be working from 7 to 7.
One day she notices some people practicing archery & she visits the locals engaged in medieval arts like coloring yarn & making ancient weapons and armor. She visits the museums and meets Haldor a gentleman from Cincinnati who takes the Viking lifestyle very seriously and thinks he is the Chief.


# The Sunlit Night
When she returns to work Nils is upset & asks her never to leave her work so & then berates her painting technique by manhandling her. Frances gets upset and leaves. She goes to a restaurant and notices Yasha behind her attempting to order pancakes. Yasha also reminds Frances of a boy from the paintings of the masters. She tries talking to Yasha but he seems despondent, pensive & lost. She turns around to ask him to join her table when she notices that he has disappeared.
When she returns to her trailer Nils has given her a flower by her doorstep & is apologetic to her & explains to her that they are two different colors \"orange and blue\" (contrasting primary colors). They return to work next day when Frances sees Yasha enter the Viking museum.
When she jumps out of the car to accost him she finds out that he is there to attend to his father\'s funeral - a father who was a baker who employed him in his bakery - a Russian gentleman who wished for a Viking funeral. Around this time Yasha\'s mother arrives (Olyana). Haldor asks her to leave because Yasha refuses to recognize anyone else when Olyana instead asks Haldor to jump in his place & Haldor mesmerized by her jumps.
They soon gather together to see the frozen body of Yasha\'s father & Yasha cries over it saying he is \"finally free\".
Soon after they proceed to carry the coffin by the seashore & place it in a replica of a Viking ship. Haldor attempts to recite a Viking greeting but Yasha instead speaks about his father & what a good person he was. They light the funeral pyre and disperse.
Frances & Yasha summit a hill & drink & then return to the bar & make love. As they are lying on the floor au natural the Norwegian Art Institute (NKI) representatives arrive to inspect the barn. Frances leaves with Yasha, both apologizing. Nils just stares silently at them.
Soon Frances returns to NY and Haldor wonders as he watches her depart if he is a \"troll\". The grocery store clerk (and subject of Frances\'s paintings) tells Haldor that she likes trolls : people who work in cold dark places & are big and strong and it is implied that maybe Haldor has found a friend.


# The Sunlit Night
When Frances returns her sister is married & her Dad makes an anxious speech about how worried he is that she has married out of her own free choice ignoring the advice of her parents. The closing scene is that of Frances\' work being displayed and hailed as exceptional.
- Jenny Slate as Frances
- Alex Sharp as Yasha
- Zach Galifianakis as Haldor
- Gillian Anderson as Olyana
- Dan Puck as Robert
- Fridtjov Såheim as Nils
- David Paymer as Levi
- Jessica Hecht as Mirela
- Elise Kebler as Gaby
- Justus von Dohnányi as Ian
- Olek Krupa as Vassily
- David Corenswet as Scott Glenn
On May 3, 2018, it was announced that David Wnendt would direct an adaptation of Rebecca Dinerstein\'s novel *The Sunlit Night*. Producers are set to include Jenny Slate, Fabian Gasmia, Ruben Thorkildsen, Michael B. Clark, and Alex Turtletaub. Production companies involved with the film include Deetailfilm and Ape&Bjørn. On June 14, 2018, it was reported that the film had received a one-off contribution of 2 million Norwegian kroner (€211,000) towards its production costs from the Norwegian Film Institute.
Alongside the initial production announcement, it was confirmed that Jenny Slate, Alex Sharp, Zach Galifianakis, Gillian Anderson, Dan Puck and Jessica Hecht had been cast in the film.
Principal photography began on April 30, 2018, in New York City. Filming took place from July to September 2018 in Norway.
The film held its world premiere on January 26, 2019, at the Eccles Theater in Park City, Utah during the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. It was released on July 17, 2020, by Quiver Distribution. The film will be released in Germany on September 23, 2021, by W-film Distribution.
On Rotten Tomatoes, *The Sunlit Night* holds an approval rating of based on reviews from critics with an average rating of . The site\'s critical consensus reads: \"Jenny Slate remains as charming as ever, but her winsome performance isn\'t enough to overcome *The Sunlit Night*s grating tone and meandering plot.\" On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 47 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating \"mixed or average reviews\".


# The Welldeserved Fox
**The Welldeserved Fox** () is a 1959 Vietnamese animated film, directed by Lê Minh Hiền and Trương Qua.
Film based on poem *The fox and the hive* (Con cáo và tổ ong) by Hồ Chí Minh.
In a forest lived Bear and Chicken. Once, Chicken was enticed by Fox for his eating. But Chicken ran away luckily.
Then Bear sought Chicken and called Bees to chase Fox.
*The Welldeserved Fox* was known as the first animated film of the North Vietnam.
By first plan, the film would has the 300m length on 10 minutes, 15 thousand drawings on the 18x24cm size of cellophane. But Vietnamese infrastructures could not response, then drawers used typewriter papers which were soaked oil. Besides, their \"desks\" were glass windows what were in Vietnam Animation Studio\'s house on Hoàng Hoa Thám Street (Hanoi).
- Animators : Lê Minh Hiền, Trương Qua, Hồ Quảng\...
- Golden Lotus prize at the Vietnam Film Festival II (1973) for the best artists (Hồ Quảng and Trương Qua).
- History of Vietnamese animation


# Santa Claus. Battle of the Magi
***Santa Claus. Battle of the Magi*** () is a 2016 Russian Christmas fantasy action film directed by Aleksandr Voytinskiy and produced by Georgiy Malkov, Vladimir Polyakov and Lev Karasev. The film\'s protagonist is Masha, a girl who witnesses an epic battle of monsters with young magicians in the center of Moscow; one of the sorcerers saves the girl and leads her to a secret organization where she learns not only that Father Frost (Santa Claus) truly does exist, but also that the New Year is a real magical ritual.
It stars Taisiya Vilkova, with Nikita Volkov, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Aleksei Kravchenko, Egor Beroev, Kseniya Alfyorova, Sergey Badyuk, Irina Antonenko, Igor Chekhov and Filipp Gorenshteyn in supporting roles.
The premiere of the film in Russia took place on December 24, 2016, and it later appeared in Russian screens on the eve of the New Year 2017.
Young Masha is tormented by visions of flying fiery monsters. Mother worries about her daughter being bullied by classmates. But one day in the very center of Moscow Masha sees a battle of winged fire monsters with young people who call themselves magicians. One of them at the last moment, rescues Masha from the attack of a chimera. So Masha gets into a secret corporation, where she learns that Father Frost (Santa Claus) really exists and, leading an army of magicians able to control snow and ice, protects the Earth from the invasion of dark forces.


# Santa Claus. Battle of the Magi
- Taisiya Vilkova as Mariya Petrova, called Masha, sees what others do not see thanks to the ice gene.
  - as child Masha There was a girl Masha. As a child, her father left with her mother, after which visions began in her dreams and in reality. In the adult state, she had an ice gene, which led her to the Christmas tree guard - the defenders of the Christmas tree from the fiery chimeras. A little later, Masha opened the terrible secrets of the universe - about the silver threads, broken into needles, a magic staff and other addict\'s heresy, which writers caught in an extraordinary trip to the country of fantasy. Christmas trees and Santa Clauses of all stripes will battle against Karachun, who was determined to obtain the keys of the Guardians who had locked the moon sword.
- Nikita Volkov as Nikita Krutov, from Christmas trees. Does not want to be like everyone else.
- Fyodor Bondarchuk as Miran Morozov, the Father Frost (Santa Claus) - the oligarch Miran Morozov looks colorful. He has long hair and a beard. When he dresses in a long festive caftan and takes a magic staff, you really believe that before you the real Santa Claus is the most powerful white magician in the world.
- Aleksei Kravchenko as Karachun, the evil wizard. This role seems to have been created specifically for him. So harmoniously he looks on the screen. And it\'s amazing, because he used to play the role of positive characters more often: soldiers-heroes, special forces. But when he tried on the image of the main villain, it was his finest hour.
- Egor Beroev as Masha\'s father
- as Masha\'s mother
- Sergey Badyuk as Dobrohot, the chief assistant of Santa Claus.
- Irina Antonenko as Lina
- Igor Chekhov as Ilya
- Filipp Gorenshteyn as Maks
- Vladimir Gostyukhin as Vitaliy Semenovich
- as Baba Lyuba
- Yan Tsapnik as participant of the auction
- Anastasiya Ukolova as Asya Raevskaya, Snegurochka (The Snow Maiden)
- Taras Glushakov as Stepan
- Maksim Pinsker as Santa Claus (II)
- Oleg Volku as Papay Noel
- Viktor Myutnikov as Daidi Na Nollaig
- Yevgeniy Saranchev as Ehee Dyshl
- Dmitriy Sitokhin as Khizir Ilyas
- Timur Koshelyov as Yolu Pukki
- Elina Sudyna as Irina Nikolaevna, music teacher
- Diana Pozharskaya as Elvira
- Peter Kovrizhnykh as Oleg Skvortsov


# Santa Claus. Battle of the Magi
### Development
For two years of working on the script, the creators came up with and developed a mythology based on the rituals of celebrating the New Year in different periods of Russian history.
More than 50 different costumes were made for the shooting of the film. For the main hero of Father Frost (Santa Claus) created 8 images, and for his antagonist Karachun - 3 images.
Grimery spent several hours a day to create the most natural beards, mustaches and wigs for all the characters in the film.
Above creating a magical atmosphere in the film, a large creative team worked. Costume designers sewed more than 50 complex costumes: only Father Frost (Santa Claus) had 8 images. Artists, make-up artists every day spent 2-3 hours to create the image of the villain Karachun and about 4 hours for all the brothers of Father Frost (Santa Claus). Artists and graphic designers have come up with and built real new worlds: the Santa Claus Corporation with secret rooms, the archive where all letters to Santa Claus are stored, training halls where young magicians perfect their skills; the headquarters of the brothers Morozov at the North Pole; The den of the villain Karachun. And they also created a lot of \"magic\" items and creatures: the sleigh and the staff of Santa Claus, the spheres - the weapon with which the magicians control the snow element, the Lunar sword Karachun wants to possess, fire chimeras, snow owls and much more. On the set every day there was a supervisor of computer graphics, and in almost 70% of the scenes stuntmen participated.

### Filming
The Location filming took place from December last year on the streets of New Year\'s Moscow, all the main and large-scale events of the tape unfolded in places not only iconic for the New Year, but also truly supporting the magic atmosphere with their festive decoration and illumination - the Central Children\'s Store on Lubyanka, Red Square, Tsaritsyno Palace, Patriarch Ponds and Tverskaya Street.
*Santa Claus. Battle of the Magi* was released in the Russian Federation on December 24, 2016 by 20th Century Fox CIS.


# Santa Claus. Battle of the Magi
### Critical response
The film received mostly negative reviews in Russian media. He received only one positive review from the newspaper \"Izvestia\", which he called \"quality family fantasy\". All other reviews were neutral or negative. They wrote about the film: «The scenario, suffering from all existing mental disorders, was wiped out by a sick fantasy», \"Rossiyskaya Gazeta\", «It is possible to analyze the absurdities of the film indefinitely» (Film.ru), «The film leaves a sense of confusion» (Metro).
BadComedian has critically scrutinized its 2019 New Year\'s review called Frozen Fantasy.


# Taq Kasra: Wonder of Architecture
***Taq Kasra: Wonder of Architecture*** is a 2018 documentary film on the world\'s largest brick vault Taq Kasra. It is the first-ever film on this ancient Persian monument, directed by Pejman Akbarzadeh.
Taq Kasra was in danger of being destroyed by ISIS in 2015-2016, and this inspired Pejman Akbarzadeh to visit Iraq twice to film the arch and record its history.
The following scholars have been interviewed in the film

:
- Hossein Amanat (Persian-Canadian architect)
- Prof. Ed Keall (Former director of Royal Ontario Museum's Near Eastern Department)
- Prof. Touraj Daryaee (Director of Jordan Center for Persian Studies, Univ. of California)
- Dr. Ute Franke (State Museums of Berlin)
- Dr. Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis (British Museum)
- Dr. Ali Mozaffari (Australian Research Council, Deakin Univ.)
- Dr. Mahmoud Mullakhalaf (Iraqi Ambassador to UNESCO)
- Dr. Qais Huseen Rasheed (Head of Iraqi State Board of Antiquities)
- Dr. Miroslav Zeman (ProjektyZeman, Prague)
- Prof. Robert Hillenbrand (University Of Edinburgh)
The 30-minute documentary is filmed in Iraq, Persia/Iran, Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Czech Republic and the United States.
The documentary was premiered in February 2018 at SOAS, London and later screened at various conferences and museums such as the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology, 8th Conference of \'The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies\' (ASPS), Smithsonian Institution\'s Freer Sackler Galleris of Art in Washington DC, and the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
Various North American universities, including the University of Texas and the University of Toronto have streamed the film on their server for educational purposes.


# Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana
***Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana*** () is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language romance-drama comedy film directed by Ratnaa Sinha. The film features Rajkummar Rao and Kriti Kharbanda in lead roles, while K. K. Raina, Alka Amin, Vipin Sharma, Govind Namdev, Navni Parihar, Nayani Dixit, Manoj Pahwa featured in supporting roles. The story revolves around two individuals viz. Satyendra Mishra IAS and Aarti Shukla and relates their journey from how they are brought together by a marriage proposal and fall in love with each other but on the night of their marriage, destiny, and individual decisions, takes the two of them in two different directions.
Made on a budget of , the film earned in its first week eventually collecting a lifetime worldwide gross of . It had a worldwide release on 10 November 2017 with a mixed response from the critics. Its music was composed by Anand Raj Anand, JAM8, and Arko with lyrics written by Kumaar.


# Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana
Hailing from a conservative family, Aarti Shukla, an intelligent and educated girl from Kanpur, meets Satyendra \"Sattu\" Mishra, an inspector in the Excise Department, on her parents\' persistence who are trying to fix an arranged marriage for her. Aarti finds Sattu\'s off-traditional views charming and places only one issue in front of him, that after marriage, her in-laws will allow her to have a job. Sattu is mesmerized by Aarti\'s beauty, and agrees to this. Sattu and Aarti decide to move forward and both of them fall in love with each other. On the day of the wedding, before the ceremony is held, Aarti comes to know that she has cleared the Provincial Civil Service exam. This places her in a higher level government cadre than her future husband, meaning that for the entire duration of their future careers, she will outrank him. In view of this, her sister Aabha warns her that if she gets married, her in-laws won\'t let her pursue the career dreams. On Aabha\'s and her maternal uncle Jogi Sinha\'s instigation, Aarti decides to run away from her house without informing Sattu or his family. Sattu and his family are shocked at what has happened. This is a very thorough and very public humiliation for them, in front of nearly every member of their family and friend circle. Sattu is left heartbroken. Not only that, Jogi Sinha picks a loud and even physical quarrel with Sattu\'s family to return the dowry money immediately. Much of the money has already been spend on wedding preparations. Sattu agrees to pay it back within some time, which leaves his family to undergo hard times with loss of face in the society, and his mother Shanti Mishra being forced selling all her jewelry to repay the money to Aarti\'s family.


# Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana
Five years later, Aarti, now a PCS Officer, is successfully moving up the career ladder. She even helps her best friend Neelam Gupta get a job in the same office. For doing this, Aarti is also accused of taking a bribe and she is suspended until her case is resolved. During the investigation, Aarti discovers to her horror that the officer in charge of her case is Satyendra, who has now become an IAS officer and is now the District Collector. Satyendra had used his humiliation as a motivation to reach a higher cadre than Aarti. He worked diligently, and cleared the very difficult examinations and interviews to become an officer of the Indian Administrative Service, the All-India cadre which outranks Aarti\'s state cadre. Satyendra is filled with anger, hatred and revenge towards his old enemies, Aarti and her entire family members, especially with Aarti\'s father, Shukla and Aarti\'s uncle, Jogi.
Aarti finds that Satyendra has no sympathy for her at all. Throughout the investigation, the evidence that Satyendra uncovers tends towards Aarti taking a bribe. He makes matters worse for Aarti by hinting that opportunism and money-mindedness are old traits of her character, to which she responds by weeping. She then confronts him privately. Satyendra gives her an option to pay him a large bribe. Aarti tells him, quite truthfully, that she does not have the money for it. Aarti\'s father and uncle go to Satyendra\'s residence and plead with him for mercy and to forgive them for humiliating Satyendra and his family, but Satyendra does not listen to them and turns a deaf ear to their pleas. Aarti goes to Kukreja, who is Neelam Gupta\'s husband and a rich builder by profession. She asks him to give her money so that she could pay Sattu, and she says that Kukreja owes this to her morally, because after all, she had moved heaven and earth to get Neelam a job which she did not deserve. Kukreja refuses outright to pay her anything, and advises her not to pay any bribe, saying that nothing will happen to her anyway. Their conversation was being secretly recorded, and as Satyendra watches it, he orders that Aarti be arrested for trying to manipulate the investigation.


# Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana
During the trial, Satyendra replays the video that was recorded of Aarti and Kukreja. The video is actually longer than expected, and it continues to play after Aarti leaves Kukreja\'s house. It is revealed that after her departure, the husband-wife duo of Kukreja and Neelam plot together to get Aarti murdered because of the danger and drama that Satyendra and Aarti were causing for them. It is revealed by Satyendra\'s explanation of the video that Kukreja, Neelam, and a broker named Rakesh were cronies and that they have been selling unused government land to businesses under Aarti\'s name. They were able to do this because of Neelam misusing Aarti\'s trust and getting papers signed in her ignorance. As the trial ends, Aarti is found to be innocent and Kukreja, Neelam, and Rakesh are arrested. Aarti is shocked to realize that Sattu had actually saved her life by sending her to prison, and also saved her from jail time by revealing the truth.
Aarti develops respect for Sattu. She tries her best to make amends to marry him, but he refuses to marry her. Aarti finally tells him that she will marry a prospective new groom, Sharad Shukla (actually her sister Aabha\'s husband). Sattu and his family are also invited to the wedding. On the day of the wedding, Sattu realizes his love for Aarti and gate-crashes into her wedding. Angrily, Sattu attacks Sharad and holds him at gunpoint with his official IOF .32 Revolver in order to kill Sharad, ignoring the pleas from Aarti and the other guests at the wedding. It is revealed that Sharad is her brother-in-law and that the wedding was only a drama planned by both the families to make Sattu realize his true feelings. The film ends with Aarti and Sattu\'s marriage and a romantic song.


# Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana
- Rajkummar Rao as Satyendra Mishra IAS, District Collector, a very strict, upright and honest officer (former excise official)
- Kriti Kharbanda as PCS Officer Aarti Shukla (suspended on charges of bribery and corruption)
- Navni Parihar as Manju Shukla (Aarti\'s mother)
- Govind Namdev as Shyam Sunder \"S. S.\" Shukla (Aarti\'s father)
- Nayani Dixit as Aabha Shukla (Aarti\'s sister)
- Manoj Pahwa as Jogi Sinha (Aarti and Aabha\'s maternal uncle or *mamaji*)
- K. K. Raina as Professor Jugal Kishore \"J. K.\" Mishra (Sattu\'s father)
- Alka Amin as Shanti Mishra (Sattu\'s mother)
- Vipin Sharma as Mahesh Kumar (Sattu\'s maternal uncle or *mamaji*)
- Abhijeet Singh as Ranjan Sinha (Jogi\'s son and Aarti and Aabha\'s cousin brother)
- Neha D. Bhriguvanshi as Neelam Gupta Kukreja (Kukreja\'s wife and Aarti\'s colleague)
- Ashish Kapoor as Builder Kukreja (Neelam\'s husband)
- Mahesh Chandra Deva as Rajesh Yadav Landbroker
- Rakesh Dubey as Sattu\'s PSO
- Sanath Gaur as Mahesh\'s uncle
- Karanvir Sharma as Sharad Shukla (Aabha\'s husband and Aarti\'s brother-in-law), he was about to be killed by Satyendra
- Vivek Yadav as Biker Boy
- Ashok Kumar as Sattu\'s official bungalow servant
- Ajitesh Gupta as Priyansh Yadav (Sattu\'s best friend)


# Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana
### Development
In February 2017, producer Vinod Bachchan made the official announcement about his film *Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana* with Rajkummar Rao and Kriti Kharbanda in lead roles. For the role of Aarti Shukla, the first choice of filmmaker Ratna Sinha was Taapsee Pannu who had reportedly came on board to do the film but later on decided against doing so citing lack of dates. The second choice of Ratna Sinha was Katrina Kaif, the third was Ileana D\'Cruz, and the fourth was Kriti Kharbanda.

### Filming
The principal photography of *Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana* began in March 2017 in Allahabad. The scenes that were included in the movie was that of Hanuman Mandir in Civil Lines, Allahabad, Lord Curzon Bridge near Naini and beautiful sights of the Triveni Sangam side. Following which there was a 30-day schedule in Lucknow while the final schedule of the film took place in Kanpur. Some famous scenes of Lucknow include the Ambedkar Memorial Park. A set worth 20 million was created in Lucknow by art director Arup Adhikari, set designer Shabiul Haasan and their team to film a wedding sequence that formed the climax of the film.
The soundtrack album of *Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana* comprises eleven songs composed by Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Kaushik-Akash-Guddu (KAG) For JAM8, Zain-Sam-Raees, Anand Raaj Anand and Rashid Khan while the lyrics were written by Kumaar, Shakeel Azmi, Gaurav Krishna Bansal, Arko and Kunal Verma. Vocals on the album\'s eight tracks were performed by several singers mainly Yasser Desai, Arijit Singh, and Shafqat Amanat Ali. It was produced under the Zee Music label.
The song \"Pallo Latke\" is a remake of a popular Rajasthani folk song.


# Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana
### Filming
Bollywood Hungama gave 3 out of 5 stars and noted in its music review that, \"What works for the music of Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana is the fact that there is a constant \'sur\' right through its playing time which doesn\'t cause a distraction. The sound is uniform and helps the album to play on well through its duration.\" Vipin Nair of *The Hindu* in his review said that the soundtrack is \"entirely missable\" and gave it a rating of 2.5/5.

### Box office
*Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana* premiered on 10 November 2017 across India.

### Critical response
Namrata Joshi of The Hindu was impressed with the acting performances of all actors but criticized the implausible revenge story that the film becomes in its second half. Urvi Parikh of Rediff was critical of the weak storyline of the film and its slow pacing. The critic gave the film a rating of 1.5 out of 5. Bollywood Hungama praised the concept of the film but criticized its uninspired execution and gave the film a rating of 2 out of 5. The website appreciated the acting performance of Rajkummar Rao but was critical of the writers for their confused presentation of his character.
Kriti Tulsiani of News18 praised the acting performances of all actors but criticized the poorly written script which she felt was not just unreasonable but also out-dated. Kriti gave the film a rating of 2 out of 5. Rachit Gupta of Filmfare applauded the makers for taking up issues that are very relevant to our society but was critical of the way they were handled. Rachit felt that the film suffers a lot from the usage of outdated clichés and too much melodrama and gave it a rating of 2.5 out of 5. Meena Iyer of DNA India praised the acting performance of Rajkummar Rao but felt that the film lacked conviction and could not tap its entire potential. Meena gave the film a rating of 2.5 out of 5.
`Award`
`Date of ceremony`
`Category`
`Recipient(s) and nominee(s)`
`Result`
`Zee Cine Awards`
`19 December 2017`
`Best Female Playback Singer`
`Jyotica Tangri(For the song "Pallo Latke")`


# Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana
### Critical response
`Stardust Awards`
`30 December 2017`
`Best Film`
`Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana`
`Mirchi Music Awards`
`28 January 2018`
`Upcoming Male Vocalist of The Year`
`Asit Tripathy(For the song "Tu Banja Gali Benaras Ki")`


# The Girl from Yesterday
***The Girl from Yesterday*** (Vietnamese title: *Cô gái đến từ hôm qua*) is a Vietnamese romantic comedy film directed by Phan Gia Nhat Linh, based on the novel of the same name by writer Nguyen Nhat Anh. The film was released on July 21, 2017. The film stars Ngo Kien Huy, Miu Le, Jun Pham, Hoàng Yến Chibi and Lê Hạ Anh.
The plot begins in Southern Vietnam, 1997, revolving a student named Thu. The film begins when Thu is a child, soon fast forwarding to when he is ten years old. During his childhood years, Thu makes friends with Tieu Ly, a little girl who lives next door. Young Thu prides himself on his cleverness, and while he generally gets along with Tieu Ly, he often playfully bullied her. Eventually, Tieu Ly and her family moves away, and Thu is heartbroken. He kept a secret notebook serving as a keepsake of his relationship with Tieu Ly.
Further down the road, an older Thu develops feelings for another girl in his class named Viet An. He borrows a book from her and writes song lyrics in it. Upon discovering the lyrics, Viet An tells Thu to get her a new book. Thus, Thu borrows another book and stays up late to finish it, as Viet An wanted him to give it back to her as soon as possible. In addition, Thu knew that Viet An likes candy, and hence decided to purchase candies for her every day. However, Viet An had two close friends, Chieu Minh and Hong Hoa. Thu had to buy candies for all three of them, and this caused the slow, yet fast depletion of his money.


# The Girl from Yesterday
Finding it difficult to win Viet An\'s heart, Thu asks for advice from his best friend Hai. Continuously, he failed in his pursuit to win Viet An\'s heart. Yet as Thu continues to fall for Viet An, he also began to miss Tieu Ly, his childhood friend. One day, Viet An became sick and was unable to attend school. Thus, Thu helped to voluntarily takes notes of all the lessons she missed, and went to visit her. As he focuses on writing the lesson notes for Viet An, he ended up neglecting his own lessons and was reprimanded by his teacher. His teacher then discovered a love poem Thu wrote about Viet An. Viet An was made aware of the situation and scolds Thu about the poem, but asks him to go to the movies with her anyway. Joyfully thinking that the date consisted of only the duo, Thu was shocked to find out that Viet An had asked her close friend, Hong Hoa to come along as well.
Other than the blooming romance between Thu and Viet An, the film also covers the love between Chieu Minh (close friend of Viet An\'s) and her Physical Education teacher, Luc. Chieu Minh had been diagnosed with an unpredictable heart defect, posing a challenge to the love between the couple. Aspiring to find the cure for Chieu Minh\'s condition, Luc brings her to the city for proper treatment.


# The Girl from Yesterday
Later on, Thu had a misunderstanding with Luc, leading to a fight between the two. The fight resulted in the suspension of Thu from school. After the suspension, Hai and Viet An went to Thu\'s house to teach him the lessons that he has missed. This helped Thu to keep up with his schoolwork, despite the suspension. Over time, Thu and Viet An become a couple, as do Thu\'s best friend, Hai, and Viet An\'s close friend, Hong Hoa. After a while, Thu brings Viet A home and decided to show her his secret notebook. However, a miscommunication occurred when Thu misunderstands that Viet An uses papers from his notebook to make paper boats. In frustration, he angrily told Viet An to leave his house. It was only later that he realized that the paper used to fold the paper boats were blank. Upon knowing this, Thu chases Viet An to get the notebook back. When they were on the bridge, Viet An reveals that she is, in fact, Tieu Ly, which surprises Thu. Thu is happy to realize that she is his childhood friend and soul-mate.
- Ngo Kien Huy as Thu
  - Minh Khang as young Thu
- Miu Le as Viet An
  - Ha Mi as Tieu Ly / young Viet An
- Jun Pham as Hai
- Hoàng Yến Chibi as Hong Hoa
- Lê Hạ Anh as Chieu Minh
- Lan Phuong as Teacher Huong
- Tieu Bao Quoc as Teacher Hinh
- Tung Min as Teacher Luc
- Ha Linh as Thu\'s father
- Bao An as Phuong
- Van Anh as Tieu Ly\'s father
- Tu Vi as Tieu Ly\'s mother
- Truc Nhan as Mysterious teenager (cameo role)


# Mangalyam Thanthunanena
***Mangalyam Thanthunanena*** is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language satire film directed by Soumya Sadanandan and written by Tony Madathil, starring Kunchacko Boban and Nimisha Sajayan. The film was released on 20 September 2018.
Roy (Kunchacko Boban) and Clara (Nimisha Sajayan) are newly married couples, Roy is an irresponsible spendthrift who has trouble managing his finances. Clara\'s nature is exactly the opposite. when Roy comes home from Dubai for his wedding, he learns that he has been terminated from his job. The marriage was fine during the first three months or so, but the going gets tough as Roy wants money urgently to pay off his debts.
Clara suggests that he joins for work at her wealthy dad\'s bank or about asking him for some financial help. But Roy is egoistic to do that. He wants Clara to give her ornaments to pledge for a bank loan or to sell it. When she refuses, their relationship gets shaky. The film revolves around the events that unfold following this crisis how he manages to sort things out.
- Kunchacko Boban as Roy
- Nimisha Sajayan as Clara, Roy\'s wife
- Hareesh Perumanna as Shamzudheen
- Shanthi Krishna as Thresiyamma, Roy\'s mother
- Vijayaraghavan as Avarachan, Clara\'s father
- Alencier Ley Lopez as Prof. Kuruvila Eliyas
- Leona Lishoy as Susan Thomas
- Sunil Sukhada as Palisha Rappayi
- Salim Kumar as Father Kuriyakose Tharayill
- Chempil Ashokan as Koora
- Rony David as George, Roy\'s brother-in-law
- Pauly Valsan as Thressiyama\'s mother
- Soubin Shahir as guest appearance
- Kochu Preman as Babu
- Sankar Induchoodan as Titto
- Mamukoya as Kuriyan paraykal
- Jomon K John as Thamara Shibu
- Molly Kannamaly as Valsa
- Gayathri Varsha as Korah\'s wife
- Baby


# Mangalyam Thanthunanena
The film marks the feature film directorial debut of Soumya Sadanandan after the documentary *Chembai: My Discovery of a Legend*. Sathanandan described the film as \"a family satire reminiscent of the old Balachandra Menon films\".
The film was released on 20 September 2018.
The Times of India rated it 3 out of 5 and said that \"It is a simple film without much to boast off\". New Indian Express rated the film 3 out of 5, saying \"This is a film that doesn\'t aim too high. It is content with being what it really is: a simple, old-fashioned, and feel-good family entertainer\". Filmibeat rated it 3 out of 5 and said that \" The film will take us back to the stories that we have seen in the 80s/90s, but it is set in today\'s time. The film might be clichéd at parts but it delivers what it intended and it has some genuinely good moments to offer for the audiences.


# Hotel Milan
***Hotel Milan*** is a 2018 Indian comedy drama film directed by Vishal Mishra. It stars Kunaal Roy Kapur, Karishma Sharma, Zeishan Quadri, Jaideep Ahlawat, Rajesh Sharma, Malvi Malhotra and Zakir Hussain. Based on the \"anti-Romeo squads\" formed by the Yogi Adityanath ministry in Uttar Pradesh, the film was shot in Kanpur and Unnao. It was released on 16 November 2018 and received poor critical reception.
The film begins with news clips reporting on how the anti-Romeo squads formed in the state of Uttar Pradesh, tasked with preventing Eve teasing and harassment of women at public places, are harassing young couples in the name of morality. Goldie Kaushik (Jaideep Ahlawat), the leader of Bharat Nirmaan Party\'s Youth Wing in Kanpur, beats up young couples seen together in the name of protecting Indian culture. Given his political position, police officer ACP Yadav helps him in his activities. Vipul (Kunaal Roy Kapur) is chastised by his father for his joblessness and loitering around the city, while his girlfriend Shaheen (Karishma Sharma) does not like his opposition to Kaushik, ultimately breaking up with him for this reason. Desperate to win back her affection and earn money, Vipul along with his friend Saurabh (Zeishan Quadri) decides to open a hotel for young couples. Together they rent an old lodge owned by Saurabh\'s uncle (Zakir Hussain) and make him a partner in their hotel named \"Hotel Milan: Khilte Hain Gul Yahan Khil Ke Bikharne Ko\".


# Hotel Milan
They charge customers on hourly basis and very soon the hotel becomes a popular destination for young couples to spend time together without the fear of anti-Romeo squads and public shaming. The trio is reaping a huge profit daily and Shaheen makes up with Vipul. Shaheen and Vipul book a room in the hotel on Valentine\'s Day but instead go to a nearby *dargah* on Shaheen\'s insistence. In Vipul\'s absence, Kaushik reaches the hotel with his goons. They vandalise the premises and beat up Saurabh and his uncle. Kaushik\'s goons drag out the couples from their rooms and thrash them mercilessly. Vipul and Shaheen return to find the hotel ransacked. Together they help admit the injured to a nearby hospital and deliberate on their next step. The incident gains huge media coverage and Vipul is invited to one such discussion on television, where he is disheartened by the repeated haggling of Kaushik and another politician. Vipul returns home and informs his friends and family that he is going to file a case against Kaushik and ACP Yadav for vandalising his hotel and beating up his customers and staff. They engage the services of Guptaji (Rajesh Sharma), a lawyer who has not a won a single case until then and is depressed because his wife ran away with his servant.
During the court trial, Kaushik has a case filed against Vipul for running an immoral place and sends goons to Guptaji\'s house to intimidate him. The latter manages to get over his distress over his wife and presents an incriminating witness in court who had seen Kaushik and his goons beating up young couples outside Milan Hotel and vandalising it. In its judgement, the court comments that the Hotel Milan had been vandalised in a planned conspiracy. It instructs police to suspend ACP Yadav and set up an inquiry against him. To Kaushik, the court awards a fine of and orders him to pay to the owners of Hotel Milan in compensation. At the end of the film Vipul joins Kaushik\'s party, stating that his fight against Kaushik was not a personal one.