The Union of Orthodox Citizens asks to limit the rental of “Leviathan”

The head of the Union of Orthodox Citizens, Valentin Lebedev, asked Minister of Culture to "stop the evil" and limit the distribution of the film "Leviathan".

On January 27, 2015 it became known that the Union of Orthodox citizens appealed to the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky with a request to limit rental of Andrey Zvyagintsev's film "Leviathan".

“To suppress evil is the duty of the Russian state” , - stated in the appeal.

The head of the union, Valentin Lebedev, is surprised that the film is partially financed from the state budget. Instead, in his opinion, “it would be very to make timely emergency efforts to develop and support historical and patriotic cinema and other types of arts that contribute to the formation of high moral ideals" .

“This film is by no means about the fight against the vices of drunkenness, corruption and foul language. Only one triumphs in it - "Smerdyakovskaya" is true. Leviathan in the figurative vision of the director is the Russian state, the people and the Russian Church, not worthy of existence. Obviously, it is for this reason that the film won such love "worldwide the public "and so generously endowed with prizes ," Lebedev said.

Interestingly, two weeks earlier, in response to the initiative head of the Association of Orthodox Experts Kirill Frolov to make such a in an appeal to the Minister of Culture, V. Lebedev objected that “we have a free country, and This film should not be banned . "

Recall that earlier the Samara Orthodox turned to to the regional minister of culture with a request to understand why the role of the bishop in This film was played by the chief director of the Samara Academic Drama Theater.

Sources

• The Orthodox are asking to limit the rental of "Leviathan" // Interfax-religion. 2015. January 27.
• Medinsky will be asked to create "Orthodox Hollywood" // Grani.ru. 2015. January 15.