Andrey Zvyagintsev's "Minotaur": A Gloomy, Politically Charged Comeback After Near-Death Illness
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Ryan Lattanzio
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Summary
Andrey Zvyagintsev makes a powerful comeback after nearly dying from COVID complications in 2021. His film "Minotaur" is a return to form, described as a hopeless, coldly gazing, politically indicting film in the tradition of his earlier works "Leviathan" and "Loveless." The film is based on Claude Chabrol's 1969 erotic thriller "The Unfaithful Wife" and repositions the cliches of adultery thrillers into Zvyagintsev's signature gloomy register.
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· 3 pulledthe Russian auteur's riveting comeback 'Minotaur' is not only a return to form — it's also exactly the kind of hopeless, coldly gazing, and politically indicting film only the director of 'Leviathan' and 'Loveless' could ever make
The 'Loveless' and 'Leviathan' director repositions the cliches of adultery thrillers into his own gloomy register with engrossing results
Based on Claude Chabrol's 1969 erotic thriller 'The Unfaithful Wife,' which itself inspired Adrian Lyne's deliciously lurid adaptation 'Unfaithful' with Diane Lane in 2022
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