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Leviathan
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Leviathan is a 2014 Russian drama and crime film directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, who co-wrote the screenplay with Oleg Negin. The cast includes Aleksei Serebryakov, Roman Madyanov, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, and Elena Lyadova. Produced by Alexander Rodnyansky and Non-Stop Productions, the film was shot in Murmansk Oblast and features music composed by Philip Glass. It explores themes of alcoholism, political corruption, and life in a small coastal town.
The film has a runtime of approximately 140 to 142 minutes. It received a Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language Film and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Additionally, it received European Film Award nominations for Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Screenwriter. Audience ratings include a 7.6 score on IMDb and a 7.361 average on TMDb.
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7.4In 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.
Cast
- Aleksey Serebryakov as Nikolay Sergeev
- Elena Lyadova as Liliya Sergeeva
- Vladimir Vdovichenkov as Dmitriy Seleznyov
- Roman Madyanov as Vadim Shelevyat
- Anna Ukolova as Anzhela Polivanova
- Aleksey Rozin as Pasha
Themes
- small town
- mayor
- car mechanic
- political corruption
- coastal town
- russian
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Andrey Zvyagintsev
- Written by
- Andrey Zvyagintsev Oleg Negin
- Produced by
- Alexander Rodnyansky , Sergey Melkumov
- Starring
- Aleksei Serebryakov Elena Lyadova Vladimir Vdovichenkov Roman Madyanov Anna Ukolova Aleksey Rozin Sergey Pokhodaev Valery Grishko Sergey Bachursky Platon Kamenev
- Cinematography
- Mikhail Krichman
- Edited by
- Anna Mass
- Music by
- Andrey Dergachev, Philip Glass
- Production companies
- Non-Stop Production Russian Ministry of Culture , Cinema Fund RuArts Foundation
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release dates
- 23 May 2014 ( 2014-05-23 ) ( Cannes ) 5 February 2015 ( 2015-02-05 ) (Russia)
- Running time
- 141 minutes
- Country
- Russia
- Language
- Russian
- Budget
- 220 million RUB ( US$ 7 million )
- Box office
- $3.4 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Leviathan (Russian: Левиафан, Leviafan) is a 2014 Russian crime drama film directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, co-written by Zvyagintsev and Oleg Negin, and starring Aleksei Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, and Roman Madyanov.
According to Zvyagintsev, the story of Marvin Heemeyer's 2004 rampage through a small US town using a modified bulldozer inspired him. A similar concept was adapted into a Russian setting. The character development of the protagonist parallels that of the biblical figure Job and the story of Naboth's Vineyard. The producer Alexander Rodnyansky has said: "It deals with some of the most important social issues of contemporary Russia while never becoming an artist's sermon or a public statement; it is a story of love and tragedy experienced by ordinary people". Critics noted the film as being formidable, dealing with quirks of fate, power and money.
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