A very Russian film that could take place anywhere

Award-winning director Andrey Zvyagintsev’s latest film, ‘Leviathan,’ portrays the individual’s place in an aggressive society.

I met the Russian film director Andrey Petrovich Zvyagintsev when he was a guest at the Haifa Film Festival last October for the screening of his film “Leviathan.” That was a few months after “Leviathan” competed for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.