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The Return

Movie · 2003 · 106 min

A quiet, brooding journey into wilderness and family tension that tightens slowly and leaves a lingering ache.

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2003 film directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev
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Class
Movie
Year
2003
Runtime
106 min
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • grief
Places
  • countryside
  • wilderness
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
drama, thriller
Directed by
Andrey Zvyagintsev
Written by
Vladimir Moiseenko, Aleksandr Novototsky-Vlasov
Starring
Konstantin Lavronenko, Ivan Dobronravov, Vladimir Garin, Natalia Vdovina
Music
Andrey Dergachyov
Cinematography
Mikhail Krichman
Runtime
106 min
Country
Russia
Languages
Russian

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