Minotaur
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In Russia, 2022, Gleb, a successful company director, tries to balance his professional and private life as the pressure at work continues to mount and the world around him changes. When tensions also begin to rise at home, he finds it increasingly difficult to keep his carefully constructed life under control. Slowly, everything begins to fall apart, forcing Gleb to push further and further beyond his own limits.
Minotaur is the new film by Andrey Zvyagintsev, one of the most acclaimed Russian filmmakers of his generation. With his debut The Return, he won the prestigious Golden Lion at Venice in 2003. Both Leviathan and Loveless were also honoured at Cannes and received Oscar nominations. After Loveless in 2017, his film career came to a standstill. In 2021, Zvyagintsev became seriously ill with COVID-19 and was in critical condition for a long time, making it uncertain whether he would ever make another film. Now, nine years later, he returns with Minotaur, which immediately won the Grand Prix at Cannes, the festival’s second-most prestigious award. The film was also widely praised by the international film press.
“Substantial, clear-sighted, magnificently acted and shot.”
★★★★★ — The Guardian
“He may just be the greatest Russian filmmaker since Tarkovsky, and he’s definitely the ballsiest.”
★★★★ — Time Out
“A masterful crime thriller” and “a bold indictment of Russia’s war against Ukraine.”
— The Hollywood Reporter
In Rusland, 2022, probeert Gleb, een succesvolle bedrijfsdirecteur, zijn werk en privéleven in balans te houden terwijl de druk op zijn werk steeds verder toeneemt en de wereld om hem heen verandert. Wanneer ook thuis de spanningen oplopen, krijgt hij steeds meer moeite om zijn zorgvuldig opgebouwde leven onder controle te houden. Langzaam begint alles af te brokkelen en Gleb wordt gedwongen steeds verder over zijn eigen grenzen te gaan.
Minotaur is de nieuwe film van Andrey Zvyagintsev, een van de meest gelauwerde Russische filmmakers van zijn generatie. Met zijn debuut The Return won hij in 2003 de prestigieuze Gouden Leeuw in Venetië. Ook Leviathan en Loveless werden in Cannes bekroond en ontvingen Oscarnominaties. Na Loveless uit 2017 kwam zijn filmcarrière tot stilstand. In 2021 werd Zvyagintsev ernstig ziek door corona en verkeerde hij lange tijd in levensgevaar, waardoor het onzeker was of hij ooit nog een film zou maken. Nu, negen jaar later, keert hij terug met Minotaur, waarmee hij meteen de Grand Prix in Cannes won, de op één na belangrijkste prijs van het festival. De film werd bovendien lovend ontvangen door de internationale filmpers.
“Substantial, clear-sighted, magnificently acted and shot.”
★★★★★ – The Guardian
“He may just be the greatest Russian filmmaker since Tarkovsky, and he’s definitely the ballsiest.”
★★★★ – Time Out
“A masterful crime thriller” en “a bold indictment of Russia’s war against Ukraine.”
– The Hollywood Reporter