Among the most notable film premieres of February are many high-profile new releases: the film adaptation of “Wuthering Heights,” a new film by Jim Jarmusch, and the Cannes Film Festival participant film “Alpha.”
“Grace”
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A new film by Italian director Paolo Sorrentino, which opened last year's Venice Film Festival. “Grace” is a love story set against the backdrop of the picturesque landscapes of Italy. The main role in “Grace” is played by 66-year-old actor Tony Servillo, Sorrentino's constant creative partner on the set and the star of his films “The Great Beauty” and “The Hand of God.”
January 29
“Alpha”
13-year-old Alpha returns home from a tattoo party, and her doctor mother realizes that the girl may have contracted an unknown disease that turns people into marble statues. To survive in a new world where fear reigns, the family must overcome trials and delve into their family history. “Alpha” is a new film from French director Julia Ducornot, known for her revolutionary body horror “Titan”, which received the “Palm Branch of Gold” at the Cannes Film Festival in 2021. The main roles in the film are played by Melissa Boros, Golshifteh Farahani and Tahar Rahim.
January 29
“Queens of Joy”
The film tells the story of three Ukrainian queer people: Monroe — a Ukrainian queer icon, transgender woman, blogger and public figure; Artur Ozerov aka Aura — a drag artist and military man; Oleksandr Danilin aka Marlen Scandal — a legendary figure of Ukrainian drag culture. The film, co-produced by Ukraine, France and the Czech Republic, tells the story of three bright representatives of the LGBTQ community who refuse to leave their country due to a full-scale war and fight for their rights — and the right to survive.
February 5
“Rebellion: Behind the Scenes”
The MUR group, known for their play “You [Romance]” about the Shot Revival, continues to popularize Ukrainian history and literature among the younger generation. “Rebellion” is a film-play dedicated to the sixties and Ukraine's independence, and the title refers to the archaic concept of “rebellion”, which in ancient chronicles was used to describe popular uprisings and protests.
The characters of the play are people who made history: Vasyl Stus, Vyacheslav Chornovil, Alla Horska, Mykola Vingranovskyi, Vasyl Symonenko, Ivan Dziuba, Les Taniuk and others.
February 12
“Wuthering Heights”
The legendary love story of Katie and Heathcliff, described in the cult novel “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Bronte, gets a bold new interpretation in the film Emerald Finnell. Catherine Earnshaw plays Margot Robbie, and her beloved Heathcliff, with whom she was not destined to be, is played by Jacob Elordi, and judging by the trailer, there is real chemistry between the characters on the screen. The first video shows gloomy, but at the same time romantic English landscapes, Margot Robbie in revealing latex dresses and passionate love scenes. In the background, Charli XCX's track “Chains of love” from her upcoming album Wuthering Heights, created based on the film, sounds.
February 12
“All shades of temptation”
Singer Volodymyr Dantes and actress Olena Lavreniuk play the lead roles in the erotic thriller “All Shades of Temptation,” set in Lviv in 1897. After her honeymoon, Amelia Kryzhevska-Zeg, the daughter of the famous pharmacist Johann Zeg, returns to her parents' home with dreams of her own pharmacy, but her childhood home turns into a trap. The husband wants her money, the maid wants her place, the cook wants her death. The house where her father invented light is now dark… The film also stars Olena Khokhlatkina, Oksana Cherkashyna, and Danielle Salem.
February 12
“Father, mother, sister, brother”
New York, Paris, Dublin – three cities, three stories. Jim Jarmusch's calm and measured, almost sketchy film tells the story of a father, mother, and brother and sister in different corners of the planet. The title, which sounds like the beginning of a nursery rhyme, directly indicates the director's study of family ties, sometimes exaggerated to the point of absurdity. The three parts of the film are built as prolonged dialogues between family members in different circumstances – in its structure, the film resembles Jarmusch's iconic works, such as “Night on Earth” (1991) and “Coffee and Cigarettes” (2003).
Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps, Adam Driver, Tom Waits, and Charlotte Rampling — the cast in the film is star-studded and multifaceted.
February 26