Russia
, 2014
Russian with English Subtitles
140 minutes
Principal Cast: Elena Lyadova, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Aleksey Serebryakov
“Leviathan” is a modern day retelling of the Biblical story of Job set in contemporary Russia. Kolia lives in a small town near the Barents Sea, in North Russia. He has his own auto-repair shop. His shop stands right next to the house where he lives with his young wife Lilya and his son from a previous marriage Romka.
Vadim Sergeyich, the Mayor of the town, wants to take away his business, his house and his land. First he tries buying off Kolia but Kolia isn’t interested in money, he doesn’t want to lose everything he has: not only the land, but also all the beauty that has surrounded him from the day of his birth.
As Vadim Sergeyich starts being more aggressive, Kolia asks his best friend Dmitri, a lawyer from Moscow, to help him, unaware that this would change his life forever. Nominated Best Foreign Language Film Oscar and winner of Best Foreign Language Film at Golden Globes.
Simultaneously a modern essay on suffering, an open-ended thriller, and a black social comedy, it is most importantly of all a thinly-veiled political parable drenched in bitter irony that takes aim against the corrupt, corrosive regime of Vladimir Putin. – The Hollywood Reporter
Leviathan | Monday Night Film Series | Tilley Hall, Room 102, UNB Campus | April 13, 2015 – 7:30pm
