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Exiled Russian filmmaker Zvyagintsev takes aim at Putin's war in Oscar bid
PARIS: Exiled Russian filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev takes on Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine in “Minotaur”, a drama about conscription and moral compromise released nearly five years after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion. The film, which won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival this year and is an entry for the 2027 Oscar for best international film, is released as debate persists over Russia’s ability to sustain troop numbers in a conflict that has left hundreds of thousands dead or wounded. One scene shows Russian conscripts boarding a bus for the front, with a father saying g...
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