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Leviathan
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7.4In 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.
Cast
- Aleksey Serebryakov as Nikolay Sergeev
- Elena Lyadova as Liliya Sergeeva
- Vladimir Vdovichenkov as Dmitriy Seleznyov
- Roman Madyanov as Vadim Shelevyat
- Anna Ukolova as Anzhela Polivanova
- Aleksey Rozin as Pasha
Themes
- small town
- mayor
- car mechanic
- political corruption
- coastal town
- russian
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Andrey Zvyagintsev
- Written by
- Andrey Zvyagintsev Oleg Negin
- Produced by
- Alexander Rodnyansky , Sergey Melkumov
- Starring
- Aleksei Serebryakov Elena Lyadova Vladimir Vdovichenkov Roman Madyanov Anna Ukolova Aleksey Rozin Sergey Pokhodaev Valery Grishko Sergey Bachursky Platon Kamenev
- Cinematography
- Mikhail Krichman
- Edited by
- Anna Mass
- Music by
- Andrey Dergachev, Philip Glass
- Production companies
- Non-Stop Production Russian Ministry of Culture , Cinema Fund RuArts Foundation
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release dates
- 23 May 2014 ( 2014-05-23 ) ( Cannes ) 5 February 2015 ( 2015-02-05 ) (Russia)
- Running time
- 141 minutes
- Country
- Russia
- Language
- Russian
- Budget
- 220 million RUB ( US$ 7 million )
- Box office
- $3.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 142
- FilmAffinity ID
- 900794
- Official website
- www.sonyclassics.com/leviathan
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- publication date
- 2014-11-07
- Commons category
- Leviathan (2014 film)
- title
- Левиафан
- capital cost
- 220000000
- box office
- 4100000
- review score
- 7.6/10
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Leviathan (Russian: Левиафан, Leviafan) is a 2014 Russian crime drama film directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, co-written by Zvyagintsev and Oleg Negin, and starring Aleksei Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, and Roman Madyanov.
According to Zvyagintsev, the story of Marvin Heemeyer's 2004 rampage through a small US town using a modified bulldozer inspired him. A similar concept was adapted into a Russian setting. The character development of the protagonist parallels that of the biblical figure Job and the story of Naboth's Vineyard. The producer Alexander Rodnyansky has said: "It deals with some of the most important social issues of contemporary Russia while never becoming an artist's sermon or a public statement; it is a story of love and tragedy experienced by ordinary people". Critics noted the film as being formidable, dealing with quirks of fate, power and money.