TV Standard: NTSC
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio(s): 16:9 Vista

Credits:

Ivan Dobronravov, Vladimir Garin, Konstantin Lavronenko, Natalya Vdovina, Andrei Zvyagintsev, Andrei Dergachyov

Description:

This film marks the debut of highly anticipated first-time director Andrei Zvyagintsev and was the first in the history of the 2003 Venice International Film Festival to win both the Best Debut Director Award and the Golden Lion. A father suddenly returns home one day after a 12-year absence to a pair of brothers who had been living an ordinary but happy life with their mother. When the brothers distrust of their clumsy, taciturn fatherwhom they cannot bring themselves to acceptexplodes, the story reaches an unexpected conclusion. A shocking, much-talked-about film that explores the question of what it means to be a father.bounce (C) Masakazu Nishimaki