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      The Return

      Released Feb 6, 2004 1h 50m Drama List
      96% Tomatometer 89 Reviews 93% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings Andrey (Vladimir Garin) and Ivan (Ivan Dobronravov) are brothers who have been raised alone by their mother. When their father (Konstantin Lavronenko) suddenly returns home after vanishing some 12 years earlier, they are both extremely happy to see him back in their lives. Ivan, however, quickly grows suspicious of his father, and determines to find out where exactly his father vanished to all those years ago, and why he suddenly decided to come back into their lives now. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Buy Now

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      A suspenseful but perplexing thriller.

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      Joe Morgenstern Wall Street Journal The story, set in contemporary Russia, seems unexceptional at the start. Yet it plays out against a vast wilderness of shorelines and lakes, and turns tantalizing ambiguity into urgent mystery. Mar 27, 2013 Full Review Andrew O'Hehir Salon.com The long and eventful fishing trip Dad drags the boys on is simultaneously a very real voyage through the Russian wilderness and also, like, a Jungian trip, man. Mar 27, 2013 Full Review Scott Tobias AV Club Throughout his expertly controlled film, Zvyagintsev never allows a break in the clouds to provide some reassuring sign that the brothers are on solid footing. Rated: B- Mar 27, 2013 Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com Konstantin Lavronenko provides the film with a menacing, glowering backbone, the return of the mythical fatherland who seems interested only in typically masculine, overtly cruel rites of passage as the way to approach his progeny. Rated: 4/5 Aug 18, 2020 Full Review Nathanael Hood Nate Hood Reviews The kind of movie you watch between your fingers as you hold your hands up to your face for protection. Rated: 9/10 Jan 26, 2020 Full Review Mattie Lucas From the Front Row Deftly explores the dynamic between father and son and its roots in masculine rage. Rated: 3.5/4 Jun 3, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Zapirate Z The film is not about the war, but it has analyzed very well what the war brings and takes away, and has been able to show it to the audience. Radicals who yearn for war should watch it to be rehabilitated. Who knows, maybe it will work. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/13/23 Full Review Jos Ricardo da V Excelente filme. Uma obra prima. Já assisti umas 50 vezes. Sou professor e já passei para meus alunos de ensino fundamental e médio. Capaz de estimular debates profundos sobre a relação familiar. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/10/23 Full Review mary b Frustrating ending models life - unanswered questions that would haunt these boys for life. Ivan's anger so real for a child who needs proof of love. No remorse. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Russian angst at its peak Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Occasionally, the journey might be too long and meandering, but the destination shakes you to the core. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member José Mourinho returns to his kid's lives after a few years away. A drama but also a study of why boys need a father figure. Decent watch. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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      Synopsis Andrey (Vladimir Garin) and Ivan (Ivan Dobronravov) are brothers who have been raised alone by their mother. When their father (Konstantin Lavronenko) suddenly returns home after vanishing some 12 years earlier, they are both extremely happy to see him back in their lives. Ivan, however, quickly grows suspicious of his father, and determines to find out where exactly his father vanished to all those years ago, and why he suddenly decided to come back into their lives now.
      Director
      Andrey Zvyagintsev
      Producer
      Dmitri Lesnevsky
      Screenwriter
      Vladimir Moiseyenko, Aleksandr Novototskiy-Vlasov
      Distributor
      Kino Pictures
      Production Co
      Ren Film, United King Films
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      Russian
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Feb 6, 2004, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Sep 1, 2007
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $502.0K
      Runtime
      1h 50m
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