The Return
Andrei Zvyagintsev / RU, 2003 / 106 min.
The award-winning The Return is hailed as one of the most achieved arthouse productions of post-communist Russia. Filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev created a compelling portrait of an absent father who returns to tax the endurance of his son.
Two teenage boys, Ivan and Andrej, are surprised when their father Otets who they only know from yellowed photographs turns up unannounced after 12 years and takes them on a trip aboard a fishing boat. The final destination? A mysterious island where the father subjects the boys to a series of exhausting trials. No explanations are provided and the journey becomes increasingly tense.
Winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice film festival.
Eye will also be screening Zvjagintsev’s Leviathan (2014), Loveless (2017) and his latest film Minotaur.
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Director
Andrei Zvyagintsev
Production year
2003
Country
RU
Original title
Vozvrashcheniye
Length
106 min.
Language
Russian
Subtitles
NLD or ENG
Format
DCP
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