The Return (2003 film)
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| Directed by | Andrey Zvyagintsev |
| Written by | Vladimir Moiseyenko Aleksandr Novototsky |
| Produced by | Yelena Kovalyova Dmitry Lesnevsky |
| Starring | Vladimir Garin Ivan Dobronravov Konstantin Lavronenko Natalia Vdovina |
| Cinematography | Mikhail Krichman |
| Music by | Andrei Dergatchev |
| Distributed by | Kino International (US) |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Budget | below US$500,000 |
| Box office | US$4.4 million |
The Return (Russian: Возвращение, romanized: Vozvrashcheniye) is a 2003 Russian coming-of-age drama film directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev and released internationally in 2004. It tells the story of two Russian boys whose father suddenly returns home after a 12-year absence. He takes the boys on a holiday to a remote island on a lake that turns into a test of survivability of almost mythic proportions.
The Return received widespread critical acclaim. It won the Golden Lion at the 60th Venice International Film Festival (as well as the award for the best first film) and was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. The film was also selected as the Russian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 76th Academy Awards, but it didn't make the final shortlist. It has since been regarded as one of the greatest films of the 21st century.