Leviathan
Lauded Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev (The Return) won the Best Screenplay prize at Cannes for this painterly, primordial tale about a proud patriarch fighting to protect his family home from a corrupt local official. Kolia (Alexey Serebryakov) lives in a small fishing town near the stunning Barents Sea in Northern Russia. He owns an auto-repair shop that stands right next to the house where he lives with his young wife Lilya (Elena Lyadova) and his son, Roma (Sergueï Pokhodaev), from a previous marriage. The town’s corrupt mayor Vadim Shelevyat (Roman Madyanov) is determined to take away his business, his house, as well as his land. First the mayor tries buying off Kolia, but Kolia unflinchingly fights as hard as he can so as not to lose everything he owns, including the beauty that has surrounded him from the day he was born. Facing resistance, the mayor becomes more aggressive...
An Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film.
Official Russian Entry
87th Annual Academy Awards
Official Selection
*Toronto International Film Festival 2014*
*Cannes Film Festival 2014*
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Where it played at Laemmle — 6 engagements
- Beverly HillsLumiere Music HallFri, Feb 13 – Thu, Mar 5, 2015 · 3 weeks
- North HollywoodNoHo 7Fri, Feb 20 – Thu, Feb 26, 2015 · 1 week
- PasadenaPlayhouse 7Fri, Jan 9 – Thu, Feb 26, 2015 · 7 weeks
- ClaremontClaremont 5Fri, Feb 20 – Thu, Feb 26, 2015 · 1 week
- EncinoTown Center 5Fri, Jan 23 – Sun, Feb 22, 2015 · 4 weeks
- West L.A.RoyalWed, Dec 31, 2014 – Thu, Feb 12, 2015 · 6 weeks
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