If you loved The Return, try Leviathan
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, and they both carry the foreign gem, gut punch, slow burn mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Return, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Leviathan is
A Russian coastal town, winter, a worn fishing net. A small house, a corrupt mayor, a family's livelihood at stake. Zvyagintsev turns his lens on a society in disarray.
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