Genre: drama, thriller
Running time: 2 h 15 min
Country: France, Latvia, Germany
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Cast: Dmitriy Mazurov, Iris Lebedeva, Varvara Shmykova, Juris Zagars
Language: Russian
Subtitles: Estonian, English
Screenings:
Winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes, Minotaur is the long-awaited new film by Andrey Zvyagintsev. It boldly reimagines Claude Chabrol’s 1969 film La Femme infidèle (The Unfaithful Wife), setting it in present-day Russia.
The year is 2022. Gleb, CEO of a successful logistics company, is forced to deal with the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Caught between pressure from political powers and from his own company, he must decide which of his employees are “expendable” when they face military conscription. The mounting tension seeps into his seemingly stable bourgeois private life when Gleb begins to suspect that his wife, Galina, is having an affair. Little by little, the fragile order of his life begins to collapse.
Minotaur is both a political commentary and a Hitchcockian thriller that reflects the state of Russia today. Shot in Latvia out of necessity, the film is a sharp indictment of political violence and corruption, and a powerful reminder of the monsters we may keep close to us.
France has selected the film as its submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.
Distributor: Otaku
We also invite everyone to visit the solo exhibition Island Beyond the Sea by acclaimed artist Jane Jin Kaisen at Kai Art Center. Made up of seven films, it is a mesmerising journey into the depths of Korean traditions and history. This is the first time Kaisen’s work has been shown in the Baltics.
If you visit the exhibition and a screening on the same day, a combo ticket costs €15 (reduced €10). The gallery is open until 6 pm, so combo ticket holders should visit the exhibition before the screening starts.