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Victoria, Don Quixote and Carmen - What to do in Moscow on Wednesday

Victoria (2015): German crime drama shot in a single take about Victoria (Laia Costa), a runaway party girl who's asked by three friendly men to join them as they hit the town. Their wild night of partying turns into a bank robbery. Directed by Sebastian Schipper. In German, English and Spanish; Russian subtitles.
Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya. 8 Sredny Ovchinnikovsky Pereulok. Metro Novokuznetskaya. 495-916-9169. At 11:20 a.m.

Carmen: Alexei Borodin's staging of Bizet's opera based on Merimee's short story. Performed in French.
Bolshoi Theater Main Stage. 1 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. Metro Teatralnaya. 495-455-5555. At 7 p.m.

Summer Ballet Seasons: Don Quixote: Russian Classical Ballet production of Minkus' ballet based on Cervantes' novel.
National Youth Theater. 2 Teatralnaya Ploshchad. Metro Teatralnaya. 495-692-0069. At 7 p.m.

Daniil Kramer Trio (jazz):
Igor Butman Club Na Taganke. 21 Verkhnyaya Radishchevskaya Ulitsa. Metro Taganskaya. 495-792-2109. At 8:30 p.m.

Pionery-Geroi (Pioneer Heroes, 2015): Natalya Kudryashova's autobiographical film about her Soviet childhood and present-day, 30-something successful people. Best debut at the Berlin Film Festival. In Russian.
Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya. 8 Sredny Ovchinnikovsky Pereulok. Metro Novokuznetskaya. 495-916-9169. At 12:55 p.m.

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