In the Dark Director: Sergei Dvortsvoi Running Time: 40 minutes Russia, Finland 2004       A riveting portrait of an old blind man and his white cat, living in a small flat in the suburbs of Moscow. He wants to do something useful and he spends his days making string bags. The cat messes up his work and each day is a continuous battle between the two of them. The world is invisible to him and he is invisible to the world. In the hands of this inspirational filmmaker, any metaphors for the state of post communist Russia are left subtly in the background as the viewer is mesmerised by the old man and his cat.       Screening: 25 October at 6.30 p.m.: Maison Francaise