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Title: Leviafan (2014)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Aleksey Serebryakov | ... | Nikolay 'Kolya' | |
| Elena Lyadova | ... | Lilya | |
| Vladimir Vdovichenkov | ... | Dmitriy | |
| Roman Madyanov | ... | Vadim Cheleviat 'Mer' | |
| Anna Ukolova | ... | Anzhela | |
| Aleksey Rozin | ... | Pasha | |
| Sergey Pokhodaev | ... | Romka | |
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Platon Kamenev | ... | Vitya |
| Sergey Bachurskiy | ... | Stepanych | |
| Valeriy Grishko | ... | Arkhierey | |
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Alla Emintseva | ... | Sudya |
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Margarita Shubina | ... | Prokuror |
| Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov | ... | Nachalnik politsii (as Dmitriy Bykovskiy) | |
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Sergey Borisov | ... | Operativnik |
| Igor Savochkin | ... | Sledovatel | |
On the outskirts of a small coastal town in the Barents Sea, where whales sometimes come to its bay, lives an ordinary family: Kolya (Aleksey Serebryakov), his wife Lilya (Elena Lyadova) and their teenage son Romka. The family is haunted by a local corrupted mayor (Roman Madyanov), who is trying to take away the land, a house and a small auto repair shop from Kolya. To save their homes Kolya calls his old Army friend in Moscow (Vladimir Vdovichenkov), who has now become an authoritative attorney. Together they decide to fight back and collect dirt on the mayor. Written by iggy
I must say I was very excited to see this movie in the international film festival hosted here in Auckland.
Set in corrupt small northern Russian town, that could very much be any other town, or even country, in the world, Leviafan explores the confrontation of a man against the mayor. The last wants to kick him out of his house for his own benefit.
Superb photography, superb acting, spine chilling music, solid plot and dark humor touches make Leviafan a truly rewarding experience. One of the best movies I have seen in some time. Do not let the duration discourage you, hours fly. When you glance at your watch for the first time the movie will be over.
Be ready to pity, hate and love the characters. Laugh, feel anguish and rage and enjoy this emotional roller-coaster.