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The Return
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2003 film directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev
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7.3Two young brothers in contemporary Russia are reunited with a father they know only from an old photograph after his sudden return from a long absence. With their mother’s reluctant consent, they set out on a remote trip that quickly becomes an uneasy test of authority, trust, and masculinity. As the journey moves deeper into the wilderness, the fragile bonds between father and sons are pushed to their limits.
Cast
- Vladimir Garin as Andrey
- Konstantin Lavronenko as Father
- Nataliya Vdovina as Mother
- Ivan Dobronravov as Ivan
- Lazar Dubovik as Hooligan
- Lyubov Kazakova as Girl in the Mirror
Themes
- brother
- abusive father
- relationship problems
- road trip
- troubled teen
- father son reunion
- troubled past
- troubled youth
- father son relationship
- roadtrip
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Andrey Zvyagintsev
- Written by
- Vladimir Moiseyenko, Aleksandr Novototsky
- Produced by
- Yelena Kovalyova, Dmitry Lesnevsky
- Starring
- Vladimir Garin, Ivan Dobronravov , Konstantin Lavronenko , Natalia Vdovina
- Cinematography
- Mikhail Krichman
- Music by
- Andrei Dergatchev
- Distributed by
- Kino International (US)
- Release date
- 25 June 2003 ( 2003-06-25 )
- Running time
- 105 minutes
- Country
- Russia
- Language
- Russian
- Budget
- below US$500,000
- Box office
- US$4.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 106
- FilmAffinity ID
- 246144
- Official website
- www.kino.com/thereturn
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- publication date
- 2003-00-00
- title
- Возвращение
- capital cost
- 400000
- box office
- 4400000
- review score
- 82/100
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The Return (Russian: Возвращение, romanized: Vozvrashcheniye) is a 2003 Russian coming-of-age drama film directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev and released internationally in 2004. It tells the story of two Russian boys whose father suddenly returns home after a 12-year absence. He takes the boys on a holiday to a remote island on a lake that turns into a test of survivability of almost mythic proportions.
The Return received widespread critical acclaim. It won the Golden Lion at the 60th Venice International Film Festival (as well as the award for the best first film) and was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. The film was also selected as the Russian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 76th Academy Awards, but it didn't make the final shortlist. It has since been regarded as one of the greatest films of the 21st century.
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