Andrey Zvyagintsev’s emotionally powerful and visually stunning masterpiece played to a packed screen one at CFF37.
This stark and emotionally desolate tale of a Russian couple in the throes of a terrible separation confirms Andrey Zvyagintsev as one of the most accomplished filmmakers of his generation. Boris and Zhenya are going through a divorce. Arguing constantly, and in the process of selling their apartment, they are already preparing for their new lives. Neither seems interested in their 12-year-old son Alyosha.
A film that is chilling in its presentation of conflict on a personal, national and international scale, it is shot in industrial tones to heighten the emotional Russian hinterland in which it unfolds.
- Year2017
- Runtime127 minutes
- LanguageRussian
- CountryRussian Federation
- Rating15
- NoteDistributor - Altitude
- DirectorAndrey Zvyagintsev
- CastMaryana Spivak, Aleksey Rozin, Matvey Novikov
Andrey Zvyagintsev’s emotionally powerful and visually stunning masterpiece played to a packed screen one at CFF37.
This stark and emotionally desolate tale of a Russian couple in the throes of a terrible separation confirms Andrey Zvyagintsev as one of the most accomplished filmmakers of his generation. Boris and Zhenya are going through a divorce. Arguing constantly, and in the process of selling their apartment, they are already preparing for their new lives. Neither seems interested in their 12-year-old son Alyosha.
A film that is chilling in its presentation of conflict on a personal, national and international scale, it is shot in industrial tones to heighten the emotional Russian hinterland in which it unfolds.
- Year2017
- Runtime127 minutes
- LanguageRussian
- CountryRussian Federation
- Rating15
- NoteDistributor - Altitude
- DirectorAndrey Zvyagintsev
- CastMaryana Spivak, Aleksey Rozin, Matvey Novikov