Name: Rare Soviet adaptation of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ folktale THE SCARLET FLOWER (1978) — $3!
Start: 2026-05-24T18:00:00-05:00
Location: Arkadin Cinema & Bar

$Rare Soviet adaptation of \u2018Beauty and the Beast\u2019 folktale THE SCARLET FLOWER (1978) \u2014 $3!$

“Hypnotic, oneiric… surreal images that call to mind Wojciech Has’s The Hourglass Sanatorium (1973) in their occult mystery.” – Midnight Only
A folkloric fever dream, Irina Povolotskaya’s THE SCARLET FLOWER turns Russia’s own “Beauty and the Beast” story into a lush, dreamlike spectacle. A merchant’s brave daughter trades her freedom for a magical blossom and finds herself in the enchanted domain of a fearsome, tormented creature. With a creature that’s less Disney and more Swamp Thing, this eerie, stylized fable sits somewhere between storybook coziness and uncanny nightmare. Packed with live‑action pageantry, glowing colors, and theatrical fantasy, this is a strange, woozy folk romance that rivals even Jean Cocteau and Juraj Herz—not to mention the Walt Disney Company—for stunningly surreal imagery.
Plus, to round out the “twisted Disney” them, a bizarre Pinocchio surprise short!