Andrei ZVIAGINTSEV Андрей ЗВЯГИНЦЕВ Andreï ZVIAGUINTSEV   Russia, 2003, 106 mn  Colour, fiction

The Return ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ Возвращение    Le Retour  Vozvrashchenie

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Plot synopsis

Having a fatherless childhood, young brothers Andrei and Ivan have grown closer than most siblings. But when they least expect it, the father the boys have never known returns. Under the cool midnight sun of a coastal Russian summer, the boys eagerly hop into a car for a fishing trip with a complete stranger they absolutely need to believe is their father. As they travel deep into the wilderness, their journey devolves from vacation to boot camp to father-son love triangle and ultimately to a test of wills that pushes to the brink of violence.
Source : www.lib.berkeley.edu/

 

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Commentaries and bibliography

Andrei Zviagintsev’s The Return (Vozvrashchenie, 2003), Meghan VICKS, kinokultura.com, 2011

Andrei Zviagintsev : The Return (Vozvrashchenie) (2003), Birgit BEUMERS, kinokultura.com, 2004

 

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Selected in the following festivals :

- Marseille Russian Film Festival in Toursky, Marseille (France), 2013

- The Russian Masters, Montreal (Canada), 2012

- Prague International Film Festival : Febiofest, Prague (Czech Republic), 2012

- Les Cinglés du Cinéma, Argenteuil (France), 2010

- Rencontres de cinéma européen, Vannes (France), 2010

- Film festival of Russia and CIS countries, Tbilisi (Georgia), 2010

- Festival Russian kino 'Moscow Premier Screenings', Moscow (Russia), 2010

- Russian films in the restaurant Le Lieu-dit, Paris (France), 2009

- Damascus International Film Festival, Damascus (Syria), 2009

- Festival Russian kino 'Moscow Premier Screenings', Moscow (Russia), 2008

- International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights, Genova (Switzerland), 2008

- Vienna International Film Festival (Viennale), Vienna (Austria), 2007

- Aye Aye Film Festival Nancy-Lorraine, Nancy (France), 2007

- Festival of Central and Eastern Film , Wiesbaden (Germany), 2007

- Days of Russian cinema in Valence, Valencia (France), 2006

- Angers Festival Premiers Plans, Angers (France), 2004

- Strasbourg two weeks of Russian cinema, Strasbourg (France), 2004

- Nantes Russian Film Festival ''Univerciné'', Nantes (France), 2004

- International debut film festival, Khanty Mansiysk (Russia), 2004

- Window to Europe Film Festival, Vyborg, Vyborg (Russia), 2004

- Golden Eagle awards, Moscow (Russia), 2004

- Festival "Vivat Kino Rossii", St Petersburg (Russia), 2004

- Release in France of the film, Different cities (France), 2003-11-26

- Venice International Film Festival, Venice (Italy), 2003

- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2003

- Annual award of the Guild of Historians of Cinema and Film Critics, Moscow (Russia), 2003

- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2003

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