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Rating: 8 stars

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Leviathan (2014)

Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev

Drama

Overview

In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man’s arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.

Rated R | Length 141 minutes

Actors

Aleksey Serebryakov | Elena Lyadova | Vladimir Vdovichenkov | Roman Madyanov | Anna Ukolova | Aleksey Rozin | Sergey Pokhodaev | Valeriy Grishko | Sergey Bachurskiy | Platon Kamenev | Alla Emintseva | Margarita Shubina | Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov | Sergey Borisov | Igor Savochkin | Igor Sergeev | Kristina Pakarina | Lesya Kudryashova | Dmitry Kuryanov | Artem Kobzev | Irina Vilkova | Sergei Murzin | Konstantin Telegin | Olga Lapshina | Mariya Shekunova | Irina Ryndina | Sergey Grab | Irina Gavra | Grigory Baranov | Larisa Krupina | Viktor Ryabov | Marianna Shults | Ruslan Khabibullov | Alexey Pavlov | Andrey Kolyadov | Natalia Garustovich | Andrey Belozyorov | Valeriy Devyatykh | Aleksei Zharkov | Anna Pereleshina | Mariya Felyanina

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

A densely layered film that unfolds slowly against a bleak backdrop, both in terms of the physical environment and the moral underpinnings of the townspeople. A pretty accurate dissection of political corruption, religious power, male power (and lack thereof) and a host of other social issues confronting modern provincial Russia post-communism.

Elena Lyadova turns in a powerful performance as Lilya, Nikolay’s wife. She’s stunningly beautiful in a very earthy way and is a fulcrum for much of what happens. She instills Lilya with a quiet desperation that anyone who’s been trapped in circumstances beyond their control should easily recognize.

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