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Leviathan

2014 2h 21m Andrey Zvyagintsev

Leviathan

★ 7.6 IMDb

Drama Crime

In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.

Writers Oleg Negin, Andrey Zvyagintsev

Cast Aleksey Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Roman Madyanov

DP Mikhail Krichman

Music Philip Glass

Essays and Criticism

Cinema as Spiritual Literature: Andrey Zvyagintsev Discusses Leviathan (Web Exclusive) by Michael Guillén, Cineaste TIFF 2014 | Leviathan (Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russia) by Blake Williams, Cinema Scope The Coast of Utopia: Andrei Zvyagintsev's "Leviathan" by Duncan Gray, MUBI Notebook Young Critics Workshop - Leviathan by Bart Versteirt, photogénie

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Awards & Festivals

Won Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language Film

Nominated European Film Award for Best Actor

Nominated European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film

Nominated International Submission to the Academy Awards

Nominated Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Nominated European Film Award for Best Film

Nominated European Film Award for Best Director

Nominated European Film Award for Best Screenwriter

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