The Village Voice, February 4th, 2004
THE RETURN Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev Kino Opens February 6, Lincoln Plaza
Catching the big one with Dad: A Russian director's debut
Winner of the same Venice Film Festival that gave a decidedly mixed reception to The Dreamers (see above), Andrey Zvyagintse'vs The Return is also suggestive of a lost era-the highly crafted allegorical Eastern European art films of the '60s and '70s.
Zvyagintsev, a former actor and TV director, locks on to a compelling story that has both psychological and political resonance. After an absence of 12 years, the father of two adolescent boys abruptly materi...
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