A scene in Bolshoy (2017), a film about a Russian ballerina putting on a show at the Bolshoy theatre. — Photo mubi.com

HÀ NỘI — Famous Russian films will be screened for free to celebrate Russian Cinema Day (August 27).

Audiences in Hà Nội including Russian students and teachers will have a chance to enjoy Bolshoy on August 8 and Flight Crew on August 29.

Directed by Valeriy Todorovskiy, Bolshoy (2017) is a story about a Russian ballerina struggling to put on a show at the Bolshoy theatre. Disaster film Flight Crew was directed by Nikolai Lebedev and released in 2016, starring Vladimir Mashkov, Danila Kozlovsky and Agne Grudyte. The film was the highest-grossing Russian film of 2016.

The screenings will take place at the Centre for Science and Culture of Russia at 501 Kim Mã Street, Hà Nội, free entrance. — VNS