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LEVIATHAN Debuting On Blu-ray May 19!

LEVIATHAN, the Golden Globe^® winner and nominee for the Academy Award^® and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Language Film arrives on Blu-ray™, DVD & Digital HD on May 19 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, this Sony Pictures Classics film is a compelling and tragic drama of corruption and intimidation set in contemporary Russia.  In addition to the winning the Golden Globe, LEVIATHAN won Best Screenplay at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and was an official selection at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was heralded as “Impeccably made” by Los Angeles Times’ Kenneth Turan and “Stunning” by Chicago Tribune’s Michael Phillips.

“The Best Film of the Year.”
— Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter

 “A grave and beautiful drama, at once intimate and enormous.”
— A. O. Scott, The New York Times

 

Golden Globe^® Winner, Best Foreign Language Film

 

Academy Award^® Nominee, Best Foreign Language Film

 

Independent Spirit Award Nominee, Best International Film

LEVIATHAN

Debuting on Blu-ray™, DVD & Digital HD May 19

 

Bonus Features Include Deleted Scenes, a Making-Of Featurette,
Filmmaker Commentary, & Toronto International Film Festival Q&A

Special features on LEVIATHAN include deleted scenes, a making-of featurette, a commentary with Director Andrey Zvyagintsev and Producer Alexander Rodnyansky, as well as a Q&A from the Toronto International Film Festival.

Synopsis

In a small coastal town in Russia lives an ordinary family:  Kolya (Aleksey Serebryakov) his wife Lilya, and their teenage son Roma. The family is haunted by a local corrupt mayor who is trying to take away Kolya’s business, house and precious land. Kolya calls in an old friend, now an authoritative attorney, for help. Together they fight back and collect dirt on the mayor, but fate does not seem to be on Kolya’s side.

LEVIATHAN is directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev with a screenplay by Zvyagintsev and Oleg Negin. Starring Aleksey Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova and Vladimir Vdovitchenkov.

 

Special Features:

• Commentary with Director Andrey Zvyagintsev & Producer Alexander Rodnyansky
• The Making of Leviathan
• TIFF Q&A with Director Andrey Zvyagintsev
• Deleted Scenes

 

LEVIATHAN has a running time of 141 minutes. It is rated R for language and some sexuality/graphic nudity. The film is in Russian with English subtitles.

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