The Return (2003)

THE RETURN

Andrey Zvyagintsev

Russia, 2003, 105’

CREDITS

Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev

Cast: Vladimir Garin, Ivan Dobronravov, Konstantin Lavronenk, Nataliya Vdovina

SYNOPSIS

In the Russian wilderness, two brothers face a range of new, conflicting emotions when their father – a man they know only through a single photograph – resurfaces.

The Philosophers Meet Film section will host distinguished professor Pavlos Kontos, who will discuss the landmark film The Return by Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev. The film, which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 2003, is widely regarded as one of the most important works of 21st-century cinema.