"Leviathan" isn't about Russian president Vladimir Putin, per se, but it's impossible to miss the portrait of him prominently displayed in the office of the film's principal villain: Vadim (Roman Madyanov), the mayor of a seaside town who tries to strong-arm a local man out of his home. A corrupt Russian leader trying to force his way onto land that doesn't belong to him – sound familiar? But the film was selected anyway by Russia's Oscar nomination committee to represent the country in the Best Foreign Language Film race. Can it win? -Break- Nine semi-finalists for Foreign Film at Oscars: 'Ida,' 'Force Majeure,' 'Wild Tales,' ... Perhaps more surprising than "Leviathan's" Oscar selection is the fact that the film was made on Russia's dime, receiving a large portion of its funding from Russia's ministry of culture. But while its stinging critique of its nation's politicians, legal...
- 12/23/2014
- Gold Derby
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