"Leviathan". It concerns Ukraine also

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The owner of "the Golden Globe Award" for "Best Foreign Language Film", a prize of the 67th Cannes Film Festival for "The best scenario" and the candidate for "Oscar" of Russia – "Leviathan" of the director Andrey Zvyagintsev – the fine and terrible movie claiming to become cult.
The plot is centered around a family of the car mechanic Nikolay Sergeyev (Alexey Serebryakov). The house where all previous generations of this family lived is at risk of being demolished – a place is way too picturesque. Court suggests to pay compensation, and counterclaims of the capital lawyer Dmitry (Vladimir Vdovichenkov) and the army friend Sergeyev, persistently are dismissed by the authorities. The movie action takes place in the small settlement on the bank of the
Nikolay with Dmitry also drank too much. And it is only beginning. The next day Dmitry presents to the mayor the file with a compromising evidence on him, demanding fair 3,5 million compensation instead of appointed by court 650 thousand. At the same time Dmitry tempts Sergeyev's wife – touching and unfortunate Lilia (Elena Lyadova). However, big city emasculation does not help to survive in the Russian remote place: Dmitry leaves the village. Nikolay and
"Leviathan" – the fourth feature film of 50-year-old Zvyagintsev after works "Return" (2003), "Exile" (2007), "Elena" (2011) which were also noted by prestigious international film awards. This movie so precisely hits into a point, that it is even difficult to believe insight of the director and screenwriters (Oleg Negin, Andrey Zvyagintsev). In an art form, close to exceptionality, the picture opens an essence of modern
It is amusing that "Leviathan" is shot "with financial support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation "
One of remarkable scenes is in which Sergeyev with a family and friends go on picnic – to do some shooting, to eat shish-kebab. Among targets – portraits of the former Russian leaders: Lenin, Brezhnev, Gorbachev. Discussing why there is nobody from "new comers", the hero says – let them hang on wall for a while (thereby expressing the concept of the sheer not resistance). By the way, the portrait of Vladimir of Putin decorates also the office of the main negative character of "Leviathan" – the mayor. It is interesting to watch the movie after documentary "Putin Games" where one of the main topics was corruption schemes. The real mayor of
By the way, in
"Leviathan" already managed to row in
But there immense amount of vodka. Especially disgustingly faces of an totally wasted heroes look against incredibly picturesque sceneries of the nature: shootings took place in the city of
The most terrible thing in Zvyagintsev's movie – is that, after all, the official lawlessness is at the same level in Ukraine , as in Russia
It is worth mentioning that "Leviathan" – film interpretation of history of the bible character Iov, and religious – one of the main subjects of a picture. But the faith in
And the most terrible thing in Zvyagintsev's movie – is that, after all the official lawlessness is at the same level as in