Minotaur on the Crooked Road: Zvyagintsev's Cannes Wartime Noir
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Set in wartime provincial Russia, Minotaur follows a ruthless oligarch who hatches a scheme to draft 14 workers for the front while masking a murder and his wife’s infidelity, delivering a chilling, noir meditation on cynicism and cover-ups, with stark direction and strong performances.
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