A private eye, a client, and an envelope containing the dreaded evidence. A life tethering on a verge of a personal catastrophe. Does the true strength lie in knowing the truth, or in making your own choice?-Metrafilms-
Andrey Petrovich Zvyagintsev (Russian: Андре́й Петро́вич Звя́гинцев) (born February 6, 1964) is a Russian film director and actor. He is mostly known for his 2003 film The Return, which won him a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
Zvyagintsev was born in Novosibirsk, Siberia. At the age of 20 in 1984 he graduated from the drama school in Novosibirsk as an actor. Since 1986 he has lived in Moscow where he continued his studies at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts until 1990. From 1992 to 2000 he worked as an actor for film and theater. In 2000 he began to work for the TV station REN TV and directed three episodes of the television series The Black Room.
In 2003, he directed his first feature film The Return, which received several awards, including a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. His second feature film The Banishment premiered at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for a Palme d’Or. n 2008, he directed a short segment for the film New York… read more
Playing the guilt game, who is right, who is wrong. Our life is made with whom we live with, our decisions reflect what we wonder to be right or wrong. In the end, she made a decision, as her husband did, as his supposed lover did, as the detective did. However, all these decisions are based upon others' actions, like some sort of reaction, that action-reaction thing. It's so simple yet so complex. Relationships.