Repeated transfer of the premiere of Leviathan in Russia explained the "danger" of the film for the Kremlin
The newspaper Vedomosti , who called Andrei Zvyagintsev, the director of the cultural hero of the year, notes that it is not only remarkable for the awarding of the picture in Cannes and its entering the short list of Oscars, but also that Russia put forward this film itself. “This gesture, which restores the connection of local cultural policy with reality, is especially amazing in 2014, when such connections from all sides are just fatally and rapidly torn,” the newspaper writes.