LEVIATHAN

LEFIAFAN

By Andrey ZVYAGINTSEV

POLYFILM VERLEIH / FILMCASINO & POLYFILM BETRIEBSGMBH - as DISTR

Drama - Completed 2014


Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2014
Competition Best Screenplay Award
BFI London FF 2014
Official Competition Best Film
Abu Dhabi FF 2014
Narrative Feature Competition Black Pearl Award, Best Actor
IFF of India, Goa 2014
Austria Best Film, Best Actor
    • Year of production
    • 2014
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • RUSSIA
    • Languages
    • RUSSIAN
    • Duration
    • 139 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Andrey ZVYAGINTSEV
    • Writer(s)
    • Oleg NEGIN, Andrei ZVIAGUINTSEV
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/A0B8-07E2-9353-E5B7-A7FE-V
    • Synopsis
    • Kolia lives in a small town near the Barents Sea, in North Russia. He has his own auto-repair shop. His shop stands right next to the house where he lives with his young wife Lilya and his son from a previous marriage Romka. Vadim Shelevyat, the Mayor of the town, wants to take away his business, his house and his land. First he tries buying off Kolia, but Kolia cannot stand losing everything he has, not only the land, but also all the beauty that has surrounded him from the day of his birth. So Vadim Shelevyat starts being more aggressive...