Leviathan
2014 · Movie · R · 141 min · ★ 7.4 · 95% critics
In a bleak coastal town, a man fights to keep his family home when a powerful local official moves to seize the land. With help from an old friend, he pushes back against a system stacked against ordinary people, as pressure and personal strain begin to tear at his life.
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Details
- Original title
- Левиафан
- Years
- 2014
- Release date
- 2014-09-24
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 141 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (960 votes)
- Box office
- $4,100,000
About
You’ll likely connect with this if you want a grim, realistic story about power, faith, and injustice in everyday life, similar in spirit to Loveless or Elena; Not for you if you need uplifting outcomes or fast-moving plots.
Pros: gripping corruption drama; strong performances; haunting coastal setting | Cons: relentlessly bleak tone; slow, heavy pacing; some unresolved threads
Themes
- small town
- mayor
- car mechanic
- political corruption
- coastal town
- russian
Awards & recognition
- Asia Pacific Screen Award — Best Feature Film · 2014
- Golden Globe Award — Best Non-English Language Film
- Academy Award — Best International Feature Film · 2015 · nominated
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award — Best European Film · 2015 · nominated
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2015 · nominated
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- European Film Award — Best Film · 2014 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Director · 2014 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Screenwriter · 2014 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Actor · 2014 · nominated
Cast & crew
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
Sergey Pokhodaev
as Roma
- PK
Platon Kamenev
as Vitya
Sergey Bachurskiy
as Stepanych
Valeriy Grishko
as bishop
Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev