Subjects: “…[Idealism, Religion, Scientists, Russian]…”

“…The story of Lenin's final days, his battle against his own physical decay and the understanding that his ideals never were and never will be realized. The film depicts a giant who has outlived his time - isolated in a suburban cottage away from the world waiting out his death, ineffective and forgotten. …”

“…Verzio FF Submission “My Class” is a film about the brain drain, about tradition and globalization, about materialism and anti -idealism and not least about national identity. In 1982, 26 young specially gifted pupils were accepted to the school for Natural Sciences in the Soviet Union. …”

“…They are doubtful about many things, and yet Revolution, war, love and friendship remain unquestioned ideals.The film's truncated version (shortened in half!) …”

“…International Book Fair; interviews with book publishers and discussion of the requirements to the "ideal reader." Международная книжная ярмарка; беседа с издателями и обсуждение требований к "идеальному читателю".…”

“…Pieter Jan Smit's documentary sets out to find those who built and resided in the city of steel and to talk to them about their ideals yesterday and today. Magnitogorsk shows us what became of the heroes of Ivens' film.…”

“…The choices confronting the heroine reflect the major transformations that started in Soviet society in the 1920s, shattering traditional lifestyles and value systems for the sake of the new ideals and civic duties proclaimed by the state.…”

“…Girl Model follows two protagonists involved in this industry: Ashley, a deeply ambivalent model scout who scours Siberia looking for fresh faces to send to the Japanese market, and one of her discoveries, Nadya, a thirteen year-old plucked from the Siberian countryside and dropped into the center of Tokyo with promises of a profitable career. Yet the ideal way of fleeing poverty turns out to be harder than she had expected. …”

“…In many ways, Olga's words sum up the immense value of living with a mother, ideal or not, biological or adoptive, versus being raised in the best orphanage where a child calls every caregiver "a mom" without knowing what a mother is.…”

“…Discussion of Russian economic policy; interview with a collector of socialist realist painting; reflection on the verbal character of Russian culture and the lack of ideals in contemporary Russian society. (Part 1) Featured in the program: Dondurei, Daniil Borisovich (Sociologist); Kulik, Oleg Borisovich (Painter) Contributors: Sologubova, Nataliia (Director) Дискуссия о российской экономической политике; интервью с коллекционером живописи социалистического реализма; рассуждение о вербальном характере российской культуры и об отсутствии идеалов в современном российском обществе. …”

“…The choices confronting the heroine reflect the major transformations underway in the Soviet society from the 1920s on that shattered traditional lifestyles and value systems for the sake of new ideals and civic duties proclaimed by the state.…”

“…Nothing spectacular, but by looking at the quality of day-to-day lives, the film trys to measure the success of the once robust ideals of the architects.…”