Andrey Zvyagintsev is a film director whose film Minotaur opened in Czech cinemas in October 2026.
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Andrey Zvyagintsev is a film director. According to Deník N, he won the Golden Lion in Venice for his debut The Return (2003) and prizes from Cannes for the films Leviathan (2014) and Loveless (2017).[1]
His film Minotaur is a psychological thriller set in Russia from February 2022 and is a loose modern adaptation of Claude Chabrol's 1969 film The Unfaithful Wife.[1] In Czechia it was shown on 7 October 2026 as the opening film of the Be2Can showcase in the Lucerna cinema in Prague. The company Film Europe released it into general distribution on 15 October.[1] The main character is Gleb, the owner of a logistics company in a small Russian town, who suspects his wife of infidelity and at the same time has to send some of his employees to the front.[3] He wrote the screenplay with Simon Lyashenko, and the Russian realities in the film include the recruitment of company employees for the front, which is at the centre of the plot.[4] For Minotaur, Zvyagintsev received the Grand Prize of the Jury at the Cannes festival, and France chose the film as its candidate for the Oscar.[1]
The film was also covered by iROZHLAS, Seznam Zprávy and Deník.cz, which published texts and reviews on its release.[2][3][4]
Sources
- Deník N — 3 October 2026
- iROZHLAS — 12 October 2026
- Seznam Zprávy — 15 October 2026
- Deník.cz — 15 October 2026