List of the best Andrei Zvyagintsev movies: The Return(2003), Loveless(2017), Leviathan(2014), The Banishment(2007), Elena(2011) ... ...
Drama
Russia
2003
110 Minutes
Director
Ivan Dobronravov Vladimir Garin Konstantin Lavronenko Natalya Vdovina Galina Petrova Aleksey Suknovalov Lazar Dubovik Elizaveta Aleksandrova Lyubov Kazakova
father son teenager mother emotional dark somber uneasy russia small town car boat island abandonment absence reunion father/son relationship discovery growing up mystery
In the Russian wilderness, two brothers face a range of new, conflicting emotions when their father - a man they know only through a single photograph - resurfaces.
Drama
Russia|France|Germany|Belgium
2017
127 Minutes
Director
Maryana Spivak Alexey Rozin Matvey Novikov Marina Vasilyeva Andris Keishs Daria Pisareva Varvara Shmykova Sergey Borisov
A couple going through a divorce must team up to find their son who has disappeared during one of their bitter arguments.
Drama
Russia
2014
142 Minutes
Director
Alexey Serebryakov Elena Lyadova Sergey Pokhodaev Roman Madyanov Vladimir Vdovitchenkov Anna Ukolova Alexey Rozin Platon Kamenev
mechanic russian family mayor gritty gripping russia coast corruption land claim biblical events discovery quest 2000s
In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.
Drama
Germany|South Africa|USA
2007
150 Minutes
Director
Konstantin Lavronenko Aleksandr Baluev Maria Bonnevie Vitaliy Kishchenko Maksim Shibaev Dmitriy Ul'yanov Aleksey Vertkov Olga Lapshina
A group of five college kids are forced to match wits with unwelcoming residents when they fly to a "deserted" island for a party weekend.
Drama
2011
109 Minutes
Director
Yelena Lyadova Nadezhda Markina Aleksey Rozin Andrey Smirnov Evgeniya Konushkina Igor Ogurtsov
Vladimir is reaching the end of his life and decides to leave his wealth to his only daughter, cutting out his wife and her son from his will.