Mubi has purchased “Minotaur,” the anticipated subsequent movie by Andrey Zvyagintsev, the two-time Oscar-nominated Russian filmmaker of “Loveless” and “Leviathan” for North America, UK, Eire, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Latin America.
Represented internationally by MK2 Movies (“Sentimental Worth”), the film is strongly tipped for a world premiere on the Cannes Movie Pageant.
Penned by Zvyagintsev in collaboration with Semen Liashenko, “Minotaur” has been described as a political fable mixing crime thriller and classical parts, exploring the emotional and ethical collapse of a businessman underneath the pressure of private and political crises.
Zvyagintsev’s final two films, “Loveless” and “Leviathan,” world premiered in competitors at Cannes and gained the Jury Prize and greatest screenplay, respectively. His debut movie, “The Return,” in the meantime, gained the Golden Lion at Venice in 2003.
”Minotaur” is produced by MK Prods., the manufacturing arm of MK2 Movies, Charles Gillibert’s CG Cinéma and Zvyagintsev, in affiliation with Leaf Leisure. It’s co-produced by Razor Movie in Germany and Forma Professional movies in Latvia. Razor Movie will even distribute the movie in Germany and Austria, whereas Movies du Losange will launch it in France. The movie has additionally acquired help from from Arte France Cinéma.
Mubi’s pipeline of potential Cannes contenders additionally consists of Paweł Pawlikowski’s “Fatherland,” Felix Van Groeningen’s “Let Love In,” Jane Schoenbrun’s “Teenage Intercourse and Dying at Camp Miasma” and Andrew Haigh’s “A Lengthy Winter.”…
