Leviathan (2014 film)

Leviathan Russian , Leviafan is a 2014 Russian drama film directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, cowritten by Zvyagintsev and Oleg Negin, and starring Aleksei Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, and Vladimir Vdovichenkov. According to Zvyagintsev, the story of Marvin Heemeyer in the United States inspired him and it was adapted into a Russian setting, but critics compare the story to the more similar biblical story of Naboths Vineyard, where a King vies for his subjects land and is motivated by his Queen to obtain it in a sly manner. The character development of the protagonist parallels another biblical figure, Job. The producer Alexander Rodnyansky has said It deals with some of the most important social issues of contemporary Russia while never becoming an artists sermon or a public statement it is a story of love and tragedy experienced by ordinary people. Critics noted the film as being formidable, dealing with quirks of fate, power and money.

Set in fictional town of Pribrezhny shot in the coastal town of Teriberka, Murmansk Oblast, Russia, the plot follows the tragic series of events that affect Kolya Aleksei Serebryakov, a hotheaded car mechanic, his second wife Lilya Elena Lyadova and his teenage son, Roma Sergey Pokhodyaev. The towns crooked Mayor Vadim Roman Madyanov has undertaken a legal plot to expropriate the land on which Kolyas house is built.The mayors plan is supposedly to build a telecoms mast on Kolyas property, offering a grossly undervalued sum for compensation, although Kolya believes that his real plan is to build a villa for himself. Kolyas old friend Dima Vladimir Vdovichenkov, a successful and sharp lawyer from Moscow, attempts to fight the expropriation. ........

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