Overview
Release Date:
25 June 2003 (Russia)
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Plot:
In the remote Russian wilderness, two brothers face a range of new, conflicting emotions when their father--a man they only know through a single photograph--resurfaces.
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe.
Another 28 wins
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12 nominations
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User Comments:
A Film Only Russia Could Make
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Additional Details
Also Known As:
The Return (International: English title) (USA)
Возвращение (Russia)
ïÔÅÃ (Russia) (working title)
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Runtime:
105 min
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Trivia:
The budget of the film remains a secret, though in an interview the director and the producer hinted that it was well under $500,000. Director
Andrei Zvyagintsev also mentioned that the producers made their money back even before they went with the movie to Venice where it was "discovered".
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Goofs:
Continuity: On the island, Ivan bandages his hand after it gets injured. In the next shot, the bandage is on his other hand.
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I've seen many emotional films in my life, but I've never seen a film with as much emotional intensity as Vozvrashcheniye. Even though I don't know what it is like to have a distance or missing parent, I feel I've suffered the same feelings that other children in this situation must have.
The emotional content of the film continues if you watch the documentary on the making of the film included in the DVDs extras. This is no ordinary film; the feelings of the director, the cinematographer, the producer, and the personal experiences of each of the actors; words cannot describe the heart every single person put into this film. The insufficiency of words can also be described by the film itself -there isn't a heavy amount of dialogue, and there doesn't need to be (even though for the majority of the film you're screaming at the characters to say something!). To quote from Fyodor Dostoyevsky (a Russian author): "there is immeasurably more left inside than what comes out in words."
This little review doesn't do justice to the film for the same reason. It is for this reason, this insufficiency that words have, why films (like this one) need to be created.