Russia, 2022. Gleb, the dCEO and owner of a successful company, must contend with mounting corporate pressure and an increasingly unstable world. The collapse of his carefully organised life drives him towards violence.
Andreï Zviaguintsev
A filmmaker born in Novosibirsk (Russia) in 1964. His debut film, ‘The Return’ (2003), won the Golden Lion at Venice. His second film, ‘The Banishment’ (2007), earned Konstantin Lavronenko the Best Actor award at Cannes. With ‘Elena’ (2011), he won the Special Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section. In 2014, ‘Leviathan’ became the first Russian film to win a Golden Globe, having previously won the Best Screenplay award at Cannes and been nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. 'Loveless’ (2017) won the Jury Prize at Cannes, and his latest feature film, 'Minotaur’ (2026), took the Grand Prix at Cannes.
DIRECTOR
Andreï Zviaguintsev
SCREENPLAY
Simon Lyashenko, Andreï Zviaguintsev
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Mikhail Krichman
EDITOR
Andreï Zviaguintsev
SOUND
Andrey Dergachev
MUSIC
Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine
PRODUCTION
Nathanaël Karmitz, Charles Gillibert, Elisha Karmitz, Marco Perego, Andreï Zviaguintsev, Yusuf Aslanyurek, Max Pavlov, Olivier Père, Svetlana Punte, Yulia Zayceva
PRODUCTION COMPANY
mk2 Productions, CG Cinéma, Forma Pro Films, Razor Film Produktion, Arte France Cinéma, ZDF
CAST
Dmitriy Mazurov, Iris Lebedeva, Boris Kudrin, Yuriy Zavalnyouk, Varvara Shmykova, Vladimir Friedman, Elena Bogdanovich-Golubeva, Mikhail Samodakhov
Nathanaël Karmitz, Charles Gillibert, Elisha Karmitz, Marco Perego, Andreï Zviaguintsev, Yusuf Aslanyurek, Max Pavlov, Olivier Père, Svetlana Punte, Yulia Zayceva
PRODUCTION COMPANY
mk2 Productions, CG Cinéma, Forma Pro Films, Razor Film Produktion, Arte France Cinéma, ZDF
CAST
Dmitriy Mazurov, Iris Lebedeva, Boris Kudrin, Yuriy Zavalnyouk, Varvara Shmykova, Vladimir Friedman, Elena Bogdanovich-Golubeva, Mikhail Samodakhov
