diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+### Python ###
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+*.so
+__pycache__/
+
+### Django ###
+*.log
+*.pot
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+db.sqlite3-journal
+media/
+
+### Virtual Environments ###
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+### PyCharm ###
+.idea/
+.idea/**/workspace.xml
+.idea/**/tasks.xml
+.idea/**/usage.statistics.xml
+.idea/**/dictionaries
+.idea/**/shelf
+
+### Unit test / coverage reports ###
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.pytest_cache/
diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/app/asgi.py b/app/asgi.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d71a19d90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/asgi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"""
+ASGI config for app project.
+
+It exposes the ASGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/howto/deployment/asgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "app.settings")
+
+application = get_asgi_application()
diff --git a/app/settings.py b/app/settings.py
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+"""
+Django settings for app project.
+
+Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 5.1.3.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/topics/settings/
+
+For the full list of settings and their values, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/
+"""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
+BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+
+
+# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
+# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/howto/deployment/checklist/
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
+SECRET_KEY = "django-insecure-9bl-h(4lgo@ze7&)49dh0p#361_foxihsxdhud*@v)svfj&%@9"
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
+DEBUG = True
+
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+
+
+# Application definition
+
+INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    "django.contrib.admin",
+    "django.contrib.auth",
+    "django.contrib.contenttypes",
+    "django.contrib.sessions",
+    "django.contrib.messages",
+    "django.contrib.staticfiles",
+    "rest_framework",
+    "cinema",
+    "user"
+]
+
+AUTH_USER_MODEL = "user.User"
+
+MIDDLEWARE = [
+    "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware",
+]
+
+ROOT_URLCONF = "app.urls"
+
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        "BACKEND": "django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates",
+        "DIRS": [],
+        "APP_DIRS": True,
+        "OPTIONS": {
+            "context_processors": [
+                "django.template.context_processors.debug",
+                "django.template.context_processors.request",
+                "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
+                "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+]
+
+WSGI_APPLICATION = "app.wsgi.application"
+
+
+# Database
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/#databases
+
+DATABASES = {
+    "default": {
+        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
+        "NAME": BASE_DIR / "db.sqlite3",
+    }
+}
+
+
+# Password validation
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
+
+AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
+    {
+        "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator",
+    },
+    {
+        "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator",
+    },
+    {
+        "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator",
+    },
+    {
+        "NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator",
+    },
+]
+
+
+# Internationalization
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/topics/i18n/
+
+LANGUAGE_CODE = "en-us"
+
+TIME_ZONE = "UTC"
+
+USE_I18N = True
+
+USE_TZ = True
+
+
+# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/howto/static-files/
+
+STATIC_URL = "static/"
+
+# Default primary key field type
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
+
+DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
diff --git a/app/urls.py b/app/urls.py
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index 000000000..048a11551
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+++ b/app/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+"""
+URL configuration for app project.
+
+The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
+    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/topics/http/urls/
+Examples:
+Function views
+    1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', views.home, name='home')
+Class-based views
+    1. Add an import:  from other_app.views import Home
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', Home.as_view(), name='home')
+Including another URLconf
+    1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
+"""
+from django.contrib import admin
+from django.urls import path, include
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
+    path("api/cinema/", include("cinema.urls", namespace="cinema"))
+]
diff --git a/app/wsgi.py b/app/wsgi.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53c440de9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/wsgi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"""
+WSGI config for app project.
+
+It exposes the WSGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/howto/deployment/wsgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "app.settings")
+
+application = get_wsgi_application()
diff --git a/cinema/__init__.py b/cinema/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/cinema/admin.py b/cinema/admin.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c608f9d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cinema/admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from django.contrib import admin
+
+from cinema.models import Movie
+
+admin.site.register(Movie)
diff --git a/cinema/apps.py b/cinema/apps.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3adbc13d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cinema/apps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class CinemaConfig(AppConfig):
+    default_auto_field = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
+    name = "cinema"
diff --git a/cinema/migrations/0001_initial.py b/cinema/migrations/0001_initial.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc5e9630c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cinema/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.1.4 on 2024-12-07 08:32
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    initial = True
+
+    dependencies = []
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name="Movie",
+            fields=[
+                (
+                    "id",
+                    models.BigAutoField(
+                        auto_created=True,
+                        primary_key=True,
+                        serialize=False,
+                        verbose_name="ID",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("title", models.CharField(max_length=255)),
+                ("description", models.TextField()),
+                ("duration", models.IntegerField()),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/cinema/migrations/0002_alter_movie_description_alter_movie_title.py b/cinema/migrations/0002_alter_movie_description_alter_movie_title.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eea9e1c23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cinema/migrations/0002_alter_movie_description_alter_movie_title.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.1.3 on 2024-12-08 16:04
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("cinema", "0001_initial"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="movie",
+            name="description",
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=255),
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="movie",
+            name="title",
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=255),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/cinema/migrations/__init__.py b/cinema/migrations/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/cinema/models.py b/cinema/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bfda9039d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cinema/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class Movie(models.Model):
+    title = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True)
+    description = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True)
+    duration = models.IntegerField()
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return f"{self.title} duration: {self.duration} min"
diff --git a/cinema/serializers.py b/cinema/serializers.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ea5e3254
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cinema/serializers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from rest_framework import serializers
+from cinema.models import Movie
+
+
+class MovieSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+    id = serializers.IntegerField(read_only=True)
+    title = serializers.CharField(max_length=255, required=False)
+    description = serializers.CharField(required=False)
+    duration = serializers.IntegerField()
+
+    def create(self, validated_data):
+        return Movie.objects.create(**validated_data)
+
+    def update(self, instance, validated_data):
+        instance.title = validated_data.get("title", instance.title)
+        instance.description = validated_data.get(
+            "description", instance.description
+        )
+        instance.duration = validated_data.get("duration", instance.duration)
+        instance.save()
+        return instance
diff --git a/cinema/tests.py b/cinema/tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de8bdc00e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cinema/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+# Create your tests here.
diff --git a/cinema/urls.py b/cinema/urls.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..658972ce6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cinema/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from django.urls import path
+from cinema.views import (
+    movie_list,
+    movie_detail,
+)
+
+
+app_name = "cinema"
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path("movies/", movie_list, name="movie-list"),
+    path("movies/<pk>/", movie_detail, name="movie-detail"),
+]
diff --git a/cinema/views.py b/cinema/views.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5eea9546
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cinema/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+
+from rest_framework.decorators import api_view
+from rest_framework.generics import get_object_or_404
+from rest_framework.response import Response
+from rest_framework import status
+
+from cinema.models import Movie
+from cinema.serializers import MovieSerializer
+
+
+@api_view(["GET", "POST"])
+def movie_list(request):
+    if request.method == "GET":
+        movies = Movie.objects.all()
+        serializer = MovieSerializer(movies, many=True)
+        return Response(serializer.data, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
+    else:
+        serializer = MovieSerializer(data=request.data)
+        serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
+        serializer.save()
+        return Response(serializer.data, status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
+
+
+@api_view(["GET", "PUT", "DELETE"])
+def movie_detail(request, pk):
+    movie = get_object_or_404(Movie, pk=pk)
+    if request.method == "GET":
+        serializer = MovieSerializer(movie)
+        return Response(serializer.data, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
+    elif request.method == "PUT":
+        serializer = MovieSerializer(movie, data=request.data)
+        serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
+        serializer.save()
+        return Response(serializer.data, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
+    else:
+        movie.delete()
+        return Response(status=status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT)
diff --git a/manage.py b/manage.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ade4611b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Django's command-line utility for administrative tasks."""
+import os
+import sys
+
+
+def main():
+    """Run administrative tasks."""
+    os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "app.settings")
+    try:
+        from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
+    except ImportError as exc:
+        raise ImportError(
+            "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
+            "available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
+            "forget to activate a virtual environment?"
+        ) from exc
+    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/user/__init__.py b/user/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/user/admin.py b/user/admin.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8ec61405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from django.contrib import admin
+from django.contrib.auth.admin import UserAdmin
+
+from user.models import User
+
+admin.site.register(User, UserAdmin)
diff --git a/user/apps.py b/user/apps.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..802a97f01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/apps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class UserConfig(AppConfig):
+    default_auto_field = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
+    name = "user"
diff --git a/user/migrations/0001_initial.py b/user/migrations/0001_initial.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6964fdb8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.1.4 on 2024-12-07 08:32
+
+import django.contrib.auth.models
+import django.contrib.auth.validators
+import django.utils.timezone
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    initial = True
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("auth", "0012_alter_user_first_name_max_length"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name="User",
+            fields=[
+                (
+                    "id",
+                    models.BigAutoField(
+                        auto_created=True,
+                        primary_key=True,
+                        serialize=False,
+                        verbose_name="ID",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("password", models.CharField(max_length=128, verbose_name="password")),
+                (
+                    "last_login",
+                    models.DateTimeField(
+                        blank=True, null=True, verbose_name="last login"
+                    ),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "is_superuser",
+                    models.BooleanField(
+                        default=False,
+                        help_text="Designates that this user has all permissions without explicitly assigning them.",
+                        verbose_name="superuser status",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "username",
+                    models.CharField(
+                        error_messages={
+                            "unique": "A user with that username already exists."
+                        },
+                        help_text="Required. 150 characters or fewer. Letters, digits and @/./+/-/_ only.",
+                        max_length=150,
+                        unique=True,
+                        validators=[
+                            django.contrib.auth.validators.UnicodeUsernameValidator()
+                        ],
+                        verbose_name="username",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "first_name",
+                    models.CharField(
+                        blank=True, max_length=150, verbose_name="first name"
+                    ),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "last_name",
+                    models.CharField(
+                        blank=True, max_length=150, verbose_name="last name"
+                    ),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "email",
+                    models.EmailField(
+                        blank=True, max_length=254, verbose_name="email address"
+                    ),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "is_staff",
+                    models.BooleanField(
+                        default=False,
+                        help_text="Designates whether the user can log into this admin site.",
+                        verbose_name="staff status",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "is_active",
+                    models.BooleanField(
+                        default=True,
+                        help_text="Designates whether this user should be treated as active. Unselect this instead of deleting accounts.",
+                        verbose_name="active",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "date_joined",
+                    models.DateTimeField(
+                        default=django.utils.timezone.now, verbose_name="date joined"
+                    ),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "groups",
+                    models.ManyToManyField(
+                        blank=True,
+                        help_text="The groups this user belongs to. A user will get all permissions granted to each of their groups.",
+                        related_name="user_set",
+                        related_query_name="user",
+                        to="auth.group",
+                        verbose_name="groups",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "user_permissions",
+                    models.ManyToManyField(
+                        blank=True,
+                        help_text="Specific permissions for this user.",
+                        related_name="user_set",
+                        related_query_name="user",
+                        to="auth.permission",
+                        verbose_name="user permissions",
+                    ),
+                ),
+            ],
+            options={
+                "verbose_name": "user",
+                "verbose_name_plural": "users",
+                "abstract": False,
+            },
+            managers=[
+                ("objects", django.contrib.auth.models.UserManager()),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/user/migrations/__init__.py b/user/migrations/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/user/models.py b/user/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48b7810bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractUser
+
+
+class User(AbstractUser):
+    pass
diff --git a/user/tests.py b/user/tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..de8bdc00e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+# Create your tests here.
diff --git a/user/views.py b/user/views.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c60c79043
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.shortcuts import render
+
+# Create your views here.