Leviathan (Leviafan) (2014)

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" Notes: Even though many might think that this movie was dark and gloomy, since I was a little bit familiar with Andrey Zvyagintsev's work, I was expecting something actually even bleaker. I mean, it was still hardly a picnic, you don't really get a positive image of Russia as it seems that all the governmental workers are either incompetent or corrupt and most of the adult population seems to be half of their life completely drunk. Still, it was quite bearable and Zvyagintsev managed again to "

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" Notes: Even though many might think that this movie was dark and gloomy, since I was a little bit familiar with Andrey Zvyagintsev's work, I was expecting something actually even bleaker. I mean, it was still hardly a picnic, you don't really get a positive image of Russia as it seems that all the governmental workers are either incompetent or corrupt and most of the adult population seems to be half of their life completely drunk. Still, it was quite bearable and Zvyagintsev managed again to "

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"19.12 DVD"

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"7.1. 2020 "Leviathan" is a depiction of a cold society where people suffering from misfortunes and failures try to cure themselves with alcohol and where probelms are too often solved with violence and bureaucracy also causes problems. Rugged and bleak environment you see in the film was definitely the right choice for this kind of story. The film starts slowly and it feels a little bit dry at first but the atmosphere becomes more intense towards the end so patient viewers are definitely reward"

“Every Zvyagintsev's work is met by us, Russians with these words"" This is chernukha, this movie is not about us". It is such a disturbing gift given to this director: you watch his movies and recognize people from your childhood, school, work, street etc. Highly talented and profoundly relentless to all our decaying society. Very true picture of Russian Orthodox church, who is always "buddy buddy" with authorities, claiming lands that do not belong to it, driving people from the land to make a space for new churches. Moral degradation and ubiquitous cheating on your husband/wife as modern norm - it is not surprising that most of Russians hate Zvuagintsev, it is just painful to watch in mirror. What else? Never ending drinking, screaming and rudeness of traumatized Russian women, sickening” read more

“Even though many of my fellow Filmclub members thought it was dark and gloomy, since I was a little bit more familiar with Andrey Zvyagintsev's work, ”

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"28.7. Erinomaista Putin-kritiikkiä, viinanjuontia ja perhedraamaa."