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A chilling film set in modern-day Russia, against the backdrop of the invasion of Ukraine. A family drama that tells the story of an entire society. A winner of the Grand Prize at Cannes and the latest work by acclaimed filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev. Don’t miss this special screening!
After the film, our host Kamila Dolotina will hold an online Q&A with the main actor Dmitry Mazurov. Please note that the Q&A will be accessible IN CZECH & RUSSIAN ONLY. The film will include English subtitles.
Russia 2022. Successful businessman Gleb (Dmitriy Mazurov) lives in a beautiful waterfront home with his wife Galina (Iris Lebedeva) and their young son. Though politically connected, Gleb is not immune to the radical changes in Russian society and finds himself under extreme pressure to quell panic and keep his company running. When he begins to suspect that Galina is having an affair, the usually considerate Gleb makes a fateful decision…
A Golden Lion winner at Venice for The Return (SFF 2004) and a frequent prize winner at Cannes, Andrey Zvyagintsev (Leviathan, Loveless, Elena) is one of the greats chronicling Russian society over the last two decades. Minotaur is a loose modern remake of Claude Chabrol’s The Unfaithful Wife (1969), reworking its story of marital infidelity into a contemporary Russian setting shaped by political and social collapse.