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Leviathan

Award-winning Russian drama. In a small coastal town, a family is forced to fight a corrupt mayor who told them their house will be demolished.

Nikolay, a hot-headed car mechanic, lives with his second wife Lilya and his son Roma in his self-built home in a small seaside northern town. With the help of his old friend Dmitriy, now a Moscow lawyer, he is appealing the result of a court case brought by the corrupt mayor to seize his home and land. With his opponent not playing by the rules, Nikolay finds himself in a David and Goliath battle of biblical proportions.

In Russian with English subtitles.

2 hours, 12 minutes

Last on

Mon 22 Jun 202001:00

Credits

RoleContributor
KolyaAleksey Serebryakov
LilyaElena Lyadova
Dmitriy SeleznyovVladimir Vdovichenkov
MerRoman Madyanov
AnzhelaAnna Ukolova
PashaAleksey Rozin
RomaSergey Pokhodaev
Zhena TkachukaIrina Gavra
Ivan DegtyaryovSergey Bachurskiy
VityaPlaton Kamenev
DirectorAndrey Zvyagintsev

Broadcasts

  • Mon 6 Nov 201722:20
  • Sun 27 Oct 201900:10
  • Mon 22 Jun 202001:00