MOSCOW (AP) — It’s been lauded by critics yet trashed by Russian politicians, its actors praised for their performances but harassed by local officials.
On Thursday, director Andrei Zvyagintsev’s Oscar-nominated film “Leviathan,” a harrowing portrayal of small-town corruption, faces its toughest test yet as it plays in about 450 theaters across Moscow and other Russian cities.
The drama — the most hotly debated film in Russia in decades — has already snagged some of the industry’s top awards. It won the best screenplay award at Cannes, got a Golden Globe for the best foreign language film and has been nominated for an …read more
Source: KXAN
