Russian Comedy Holds Local Premiere in Town Without a Movie Theater

A star-studded red-carpet premiere for "Messenger From Heaven" was held in Aleksin, a small town 120 miles south of Moscow. A Russian movie had its star-studded red-carpet premiere in a small town 120 miles south of Moscow that does not even have a cinema. Producers of comedy Messenger From Heaven -- which stars some of the country's top talent -- decided to break from tradition and move the opening-night party far from the bright lights and swanky multiplexes of the capital. Instead, Anatol...