Retrospective: Andrey Zvyagintsev

On the occasion of the release of his new film Minotaur, we present five classics by Russian film director Andrey Zvyagintsev.

Director and screenwriter Andrey Zvyagintsev has won awards at the Venice Film Festival (2003) and the Cannes Film Festival (2011, 2014, 2017). He has been nominated twice for both an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. He won a Golden Globe (2015) for his film Leviathan. In 2018, his film Loveless was awarded by the French César Academy as Best Foreign Film.

Now we are screening, alongside his new release Minotaur, five other classics once more on the big screen.

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Classics: The Return

With The Return, his impressive feature film debut, Andrey Zvyagintsev (Minotaur) tells a poignant story about fatherhood, trust, and the transition from child to adult.

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Classics: The Banishment

Director Andrey Zvyagintsev (Minotaur) explores how a single word can disrupt a family and how difficult it is to distinguish truth from fear and desire.

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Classics: Elena

In Elena, Andrey Zvyagintsev (Minotaur) exposes the hidden tensions behind the seemingly peaceful existence of a well-off couple.

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Classics: Leviathan

In Leviathan, Andrey Zvyagintsev (Minotaur) confronts us with a world where personal freedom and justice are crushed by power, corruption, and religious hypocrisy.

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Classics: Loveless

In Loveless, Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev (Minotaur) paints a disconcerting portrait of a family slowly falling apart. Nominated for an Academy Award.

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