Fight with those: Efremov wants to return home, Jovovich fights monsters

The comedy "Darling, I won't Call You Back" is being released, in which Nikita Efremov's character suffers from delayed life syndrome until he enters the afterlife. Nikita Kologrivy, Valentina Lyapina and Alexander Metelkin once again try on the images of fairy-tale characters in the modern "Frog Princess". Anastasia Talyzina's character finds herself on Groundhog Day in the comedy "One Good Day", and Milla Jovovich's character comes face to face with monsters again in the fantasy "In the Lost Lands" by George Martin. For fans of sports dramas, "Rodnina" is about a famous Soviet figure skater. Izvestia — what to watch in the movies this weekend.

"Darling, I won't call you back." 12+

Directed by Alexander Fomin. Starring: Nikita Efremov, Jan Tsapnik, Agatha Mutseniece, Evgenia Dobrovolskaya, Dmitry Chebotarev, Valentina Lyapina, Mila Yershova, Angelina Pakhomova, Robert Yusupov, Evgeny Schwartz.

"Darling, I won't Call You Back" is the last film by actress Evgenia Dobrovolskaya, who died in January 2025. In the film, she played the mother of the main character. Young advertiser Danya, played by Nikita Efremov, suffers from delayed life syndrome. In general, like many of us, the guy burns out at work every day, flattering himself with illusory dreams of the future, when he will earn enough to finally stop and enjoy this "here and now". He imagines himself in a mansion by the sea with a beauty from social networks.

Are the plans destined to come true? Suddenly, the guy falls into a coma and finds himself in the hallway of the afterlife in the form of an airport from his latest advertisement. That's the irony of fate: flying is one of Dani's main fears, and there are only two ways, or rather, two flights — to hell or heaven, depending on the balance of good and bad deeds. On request, you can get an extract of sins. Danya does not give up hope of finding another door — home, back to the world of the living, but for now she spends time with the same poor devils in a local bar called "Darling, I won't call you back." The film was shot in sets built at Mosfilm. And advanced technologies of shooting on LED screens were used to create fantastic otherworldly worlds.

"Rodnina" 6+

Director: Konstantin Statsky. Starring: Vladislav Samokhina, Evgeny Tkachuk, Ivan Kolesnikov, Fedor Fedotov, Maria Mironova, Igor Petrenko, Daniil Vorobyov, Marat Basharov, Victoria Poltorak, Alexey Maklakov.

A sports drama based on real events. Baoipik is dedicated to the biography of the Soviet figure skater, three-time Olympic champion Irina Rodnina. On the screen, she was embodied by the actress Vladislava Samokhina. The director was Konstantin Statsky, who shot "The Major" with Priluchny and "Your Honor" with Menshikov.

The plot focuses on the champion's journey from her first steps on the ice, when she realized that she had found her recognition, to victory at the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid. Fate presented her with challenges not only in the sports arena. Having overcome a serious illness, betrayal of a partner, conflict with a coach, thanks to incredible fortitude and thirst for victory, Irina Rodnina was able to challenge the whole world — she returned to the ice to become a legend of Soviet and world sports.

"The Frog Princess" 6+

Directed by Alexander Amirov. Starring: Valentina Lyapina, Alexander Metelkin, Nikita Kologrivy, Roman Kurtsyn, Alisa Rudenko, Viktor Loginov, Elena Ksenofontova, Svetlana Permyakova, Zhanna Markevich.

The folklore plot, familiar to many generations, comes to life on the big screen in modern realities with all the consequences. The frog lives in the pond of the city park. He spends his days watching movies at the summer cinema, until one day he catches (no, not an arrow) a golf ball and turns into a beautiful red-haired girl. In the image of the betrothed Ivan Tsarevich, he is the heir of a wealthy family.

The cast includes actors already familiar to the Russian audience from film versions of other fairy tales. Valentina Lyapina, who embodied the Frog Princess on the screen, was a Princess in the recent "Bremen Town Musicians". Nikita Kologrivy in 2023, in the image of Emelya, dissected on the stove in the film "At the behest of the pike", and now he has tried on Koshchei (the real one, as in a fairy tale, and not like that Kashchei from "The Boy's Word" - although they definitely have something in common). And we remember Alexander Metelkin, a la Ivan Tsarevich, for the role of sailor Ivan in The Flying Ship.

"One good day" 16+

Directed by Kirill Belevich. Starring: Anastasia Talyzina, Roman Evdokimov, Irina Pegova, Raisa Ryazanova, Olesya Zheleznyak, Gosha Kutsenko, Albina Kabalina, Dobrynya Obolensky, Eric Yaralov, Dmitry Berger.

Director Kirill Belevich, one of the screenwriters of "We are from the Future" (2008), turns to the idea of "Groundhog Day" in his new work. The victim of a mysterious time loop turns out to be the heroine of Anastasia Talyzina, known for "The Centaur" with Yura Borisov and the recent "Tango on the Shards".

Katya, a young girl, lives in an urban-type settlement with the talking name of Zhupa and wholeheartedly dreams of escaping from the provinces to become a cool fashion designer. She gets even more motivation to leave after she is persistently brought to her to woo a local guy. But the escape attempt proves unsuccessful—once, twice, and a third time. Katya gets stuck in one crazy day. But maybe he's not so bad after all?

"In the Lost Lands" 18+

Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. Starring: Milla Jovovich, Dave Batista, Arly Jover, Amara Okereke, Fraser James, Simon Lefy, Deirdre Mullins, Sebastian Stankevich, Tu Lunding, Jacek Dzesevich.

Resident Evil director Paul W. S. Anderson and Milla Jovovich present us the new fantasy "In the Lost Lands." This is a film adaptation of the fantastic short story of the same name by George Martin, who gave the world the "Game of Thrones".

Civilization has perished. The main characters — the powerful witch Gray Alice and the tramp Boyce — set off on a journey through a ghostly wasteland where the laws of nature do not apply and monsters lurk everywhere. The goal is to find a source of power that can turn a person into a beast. Foreign critics were not enthusiastic about the film. It earned just 21% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.

"Red Silk" 16+

Directed by Andrey Volgin. Starring: Milos Bikovic, Gleb Kalyuzhny, Elena Podkaminskaya, Zheng Hanyi, Gosha Kutsenko, Yaroslav Mogilnikov, Irina Alferova, Dmitry Kulichkov, Huang Haonan, Jargal Badmatsrenov.

The action-packed film "Red Silk" continues to work in the Russian film distribution. The action takes place in 1927 on a Trans-Siberian express train with foreign intelligence agents and thugs disguised as ordinary passengers. All of them are hunting for secret documents hidden in the train that will determine the future of the USSR and China.

This is the first Russian film to be shown on the screen in HFR 60 FPS format. That is, instead of the traditional 24 frames per second, the refresh rate will be 60, which will allow viewers to feel the dynamics of the detective. According to director Andrey Volgin, the unique experience was realized thanks to the Combined network of cinemas Formula Cinema and Cinema Park.