The annual Russian movie festival Kinotaur has opened in the southern city of Sochi with the romantic comedy Moscow, I love you!.

As in the previously released Paris, I Love You and New York, I Love You, the picture is a series of short stories set in the Russian capital. Each story is a minitale of love unfolding against Moscow scenery.

Unlike its foreign counterparts, which had international teams of directors, Moscow, I love you! is a fully Russian product.

The film features some of Russia's leading actors in unusual roles, ranging from assassins and suicides to priests-turned-criminal-gang-members.

The film is to be released later this month. ...