Cannes Hails Zvyagintsev’s Minotaur with Eight-Minute Ovation

At the Cannes Film Festival, Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Minotaur drew an eight-minute standing ovation as it delivers a dark, satirical portrait of corruption and infidelity in Putin-era Russia, following a prosperous businessman and his troubled marriage; the film was shot in Latvia to stand in for Russia and marks Zvyagintsev’s return to directing after a long illness.