SKAI brings the cinema to our home by enriching its program with screenings of foreign film producers. Adventures, dramatic, romantic comedy and thrillers worth watching for the week 10-16/02.

Her Monday 10/02 On 22.15 Jake Gyllenhal becomes the ‘Left-handed“(Southpaw, 2015 /Lionsgate) Billy Hope who, although he has won the top of his boxing category, sees his ideal life collapsing when his wife is killed in an accident and loses his daughter’s guardianship. A former boxer takes him under his protection and helps him return to the top.

Something you didn’t know: In order to meet the needs of his role, Jake Gyllenhaal followed a rigorous exercise program that included 2,000 abs, 200 and seats, 100 pulls and 9.5 kilometers of running.

Her Tuesday 11/02 At 9pm Bruce Willis takes action alongside Denzel Washington in “Siege“(The Siege, 1998/Disney). A terrorist attack shocks Brooklyn and leaves behind dozens of victims. This will only be the beginning of a series of criminal actions that will lead to the enforcement of military law in the city. The Anti -Terrorism Service, the CIA and the Army will have to unite their forces to eliminate the terrorist threat.

Siege

Something you didn’t know: In order for Bruce Willis to better understand the demands of the management of such a crisis, he toured the Pentagon where he watched a special update with useful information that was not secret.

To 23.15 Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake take over with “Absolute game“(Runner, Runner 2013/New Regency). Princeton’s student, Ritchie, plays online poker and pays his tuition fees. In a game, however, he loses all his money and, believing that this is why the tycoon of Electronic Gambling Aivan is responsible, he arranges to meet with him in Costa Rica.

Absolute game

Something you didn’t know: The script of the film is based on the true story of a Princeton student who was looking for the true identity of the poker player who got all the money of his studies.

Her Wednesday 12/02 at 23.00 a ‘Double trap“(Entrapment, 1999/New Regency) is set up by Kathryn Zeta Jones and Sean Connery. An insurance company employee, Jean Baker, undertakes to locate the thief of a Rembrandt table of incalculable value. To achieve this, he recruits the infamous MacDagal art robber. The latter, though suspicious, agrees to help her, provided that jeans successfully pass a series of tests.

Double trap

Something you didn’t know: the castle we see in the exterior shooting of Mac’s house is actually the home of the leader of the Maclin family, who is the surname of Sir Sun Connery’s mother.

Her Thursday 13/02 at 9pm, Jennifer Aniston and Aaron Ecchard prove that “Love wants her time(Love Happens, 2009/NBC). After his wife’s death, Berk Ryan wrote a book on the loss, which became a huge publishing success and established him as a guru on the subject. On a business trip to Seattle, Berk will meet a woman who has come to attend a seminar and fall in love with her.

Love wants her time

Something you didn’t know: The flower shop that unfolds many of the scenes of the movie “Eloise’s Garden” is actually a luxury luxury shop of Vancouver converted by the film’s producers.

To 23.15 We are transporting to France of 1973 through the film’s frames “By the sea“(By the Sea, 2015/NBC) to meet Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. Vanessa, who is a former dancer, and her husband Roland, a writer, vacation in a secluded small fishing village in France. One day a pair of newlyweds arrives in the hotel room next door. This arrival will give rise to the years to come up with the chronic problems they face, Vanessa and Roland, in their own marriage.

By the sea

Something you didn’t know: The filming of the movie took place during the honeymoon of the two actors!

Her Friday 14/02 At 00:45 Jean-Claude Van Dam has an unexpected meeting with Roger Moore in “Quest“(The Quest, 1996/NBC). Chris Di Bouas, an orphan as a child, survives on the streets of New York in 1925, making small orphans with other orphans. One day, he decides to steal a large sum of money from a criminal gang, but he is perceived and is forced to hide on a ship in the port to avoid arrest. The ship begins his journey and Chris realizes that he has fallen into the hands of slave traders.

Quest

Something you didn’t know: This is Jean-Claude Van Damm’s directorial debut, starring as Chris Dibou. His younger self is played by Christopher’s son.

The Saturday 15/02 At 02.00 the Oscar -winning psychological thriller “Run! ” (Get Out, 2017/NBC) promises to leave us … awake! Daniel Kalougia plays a African-American Chris, who accompanies his girlfriend Rose, who is white, in her hometown to spend a weekend with her parents and brother. Chris realizes that at home there is a weird atmosphere. He assumes that the reasons are racist, although all the family staff of the family are black. Soon, however, he will face the frightening truth …

Run

Something you didn’t know: The title of the movie “Get Out” refers to plates that were placed by whites on the highways on the boundaries of specific US states. The plates were targeted at African-American warning that they were white area and must have left the area to sunset. In some areas you could see these racial discrimination plates posted until the 1970s!

Her Sunday 16/02 At 21.00 Orlando Bloom meets Liam Nyson and Jeremy Ayron in “Kingdom of heaven»(Kingdom of Heaven, 2005/Disney). In 1184 AD In Jerusalem, Christians are experiencing a precarious coexistence with the most crowded Arabs, while the sacred city is governed by the weak King Baldouin and his advisers. Far from there, in a village in France, lives a young blacksmith named Balian who has just lost his beloved wife, and is in danger of losing his faith. Meanwhile, Impelen’s Godephyigos knight returns to his homeland to recruit new fighters and lead a crusade to defend the Holy Land from the Muslim troops of Arab Saladin.

The kingdom of heaven

Something you didn’t know: A total of $ 250,000 were spent on the 1,200 flags used in the film. The costumes were 12-15,000 and each consisted of 13-15 different accessories while a Jerusalem replica was built for the film. The sets included 28,000 square meters of walls for the construction of 6,000 tonnes of clay. The front of the scene was 365.76 meters long and the walls were 17 meters high!