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On the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, we will be posting one full movie every other day throughout the week, giving viewers the chance to watch them entirely free of charge. The Free Movie of the Day we have for you today is the comedy 7 Wishes, a Russian production that’s also known as The Marathon of Desires. You can watch it over on the YouTube channel linked above, or you can just watch it in the embed at the top of this article.

Directed by Darya Charusha, who wrote the screenplay with Maksim Budarin, Aleksandr Gudkov, Andrew Ilitchev, Tina Kaval, Ekaterina Kononenko, Ilya Naishuller, Darya Pavlotos, and Svetlana Ustinova, 7 Wishes has the following synopsis: Hoping to change her life, Marina, a small town girl, embarks on a journey to a life coaching event. But an unexpected delay at a St. Petersburg airport sends her on a 24 hour comedic spree, which...

★★★☆☆ Dunya Smirnova's Kokoko (2012) plays out very much like a buoyant Mike Leigh film about social class and feminism - albeit with a deeply Russian sensibility - an exploration of cultural clashes within a delightfully comic framework. Big city living and country ways collide in this quaint tale of societal contrasts and artistic disparities. Meeting on a sleeper train between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Lisa (Anna Mikhalkova), an uptight and lonely ethnographer, and Vika (Yana Troyanova), a brazen and carefree party girl, find themselves drawn together when both of their belongings are stolen during the journey.

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Moscow -- For a second year running, Kinotavr, Russia's main film festival, ended with a surprise victory by a first-time director.

As the 20th edition came to a close Sunday in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, the festival jury gave the top award to "Volchok" (Spinning Top), the debut feature by Vasili Sigarev, who was previously known as a playwright. The drama about a complicated relationship between mother and daughter in a Russian provincial town also collected the screenplay prize.

Last year's winner, "Shultes" by Bakur Bakuradze, was also the director's debut feature. Overall, the festival was regarded as a victory for the younger generation of local filmmakers, who took practically all the main prizes.

Ivan Vyrypayev picked up the best director's award for his sophomore feature, "Kislorod" (Oxygen), a sophisticated musical youth drama loosely based on the Ten Commandments, which was also awarded for best music.

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