Russian Director Zvyagintsev Denounces Ukraine War ‘Carnage' at Cannes Awards
Zvyagintsev used his Grand Prix speech to call the Ukraine war a carnage and said millions on both sides want the massacres to stop.
- On Saturday, acclaimed Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival for Minotaur, using his acceptance speech to urge President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine.
- Set against the backdrop of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the film marks the first project in nine years from the director of Leviathan and Loveless, depicting a businessman facing marital and military pressures.
- Variety critic Guy Lodge wrote that Minotaur functions as a bristling state-of-the-nation takedown, identifying Putin's principles of entitlement and intimidation in places ranging from a mayoral office to a military draft center.
- Zvyagintsev, who now lives in exile in France, told AFP he expects the film will not be released in Russia, though many Russians will watch it on pirated copies or by using VPNs.
- Following its Cannes success, Minotaur will compete at the Sydney Film Festival, with the Australian premiere scheduled for June 12.
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Cannes Grand Prix Winner Andrey Zvyagintsev Uses Acceptance Speech to Address Putin: ‘Put an End to This Carnage’
Standing at the Cannes podium Saturday night to collect the Grand Prix for “Minotaur,” exiled Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev used his acceptance speech to issue a direct, personal plea to Vladimir Putin to bring the war to an end. Set in Russia in 2022, “Minotaur” follows Gleb (Dmitriy Mazurov), a successful company director whose carefully […]
Not everyone, who may have to say, hung out to the chesty director Andrey Zvyagintsev to the Russian Father-Tsar at the close of the Cannes Film Festival. Add my own number of rows. This is the kind of person, may race you, who blamed the genre of brutality in a very good way...
Called for the end of the war in Ukraine.
Andrey Svyagintsev is on stage in Cannes. His new film is awarded – then he sends a message to Vladimir Putin.
Russian director Andrey Zviaguintsev (62) strongly criticized Vladimir Putin at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday. During his acceptance speech for the prestigious Grand Prix, the filmmaker called on the Russian president to put an end to the war in Ukraine. “The only one who can stop this bloodbath is the President of the Russian Federation. Put an end to this slaughter, the whole world is waiting for it,” he said.
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