Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.25 cats
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Starring: Boris Kudrin | Dmitriy Mazurov | Iris Lebedeva | Varvara Shmykova | Yuriy Zavalnyouk
Michael says: “This was a whole lot of movie to basically show how corrupt Russia is. And I didn’t know it was a remake Claude Chabrol’s THE UNFAITHFUL WIFE, and later, Adrian Lyne’s UNFAITHFUL. The background of Russian corruption elevated
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Rating: 4 cats
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Starring: Aleksey Rozin | Maryana Spivak | Matvey Novikov
Chris says: “Not as sharp a political allegory as LEVIATHAN, nor does it possess that film’s necessary gallows humor (which might’ve been out of place here, anyway.) However, Andrey Zvyagintsev (whose greatest film remains his first, THE RETURN remains a
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Rating: 4.9
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Starring: Aleksey Serebryakov | Elena Lyadova | Roman Madyanov | Vladimir Vdovitchenkov
Chris says: “Andrey Zvyagintsev’s films do not easily conform to concise synopses. One could sum up his first (and best) feature, THE RETURN (2003) as follows: prodigal father suddenly resurfaces and takes his two sons on a road trip where
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