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The Return (Russia) 2003 – Andrey Zvyagintsev (Friday's Finest)

Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev in his feature debut, the film is known for several other distinctive characteristics: The Return (2003)

: Actor Vladimir Garin , who played the elder son Andrei, tragically drowned shortly after filming, just two months before the movie’s release. The Return (Russia) 2003 – Andrey Zvyagintsev (Friday's

: The film captures the vast, desolate Russian landscape of Lake Ladoga and the Gulf of Finland through meticulous, atmospheric cinematography by Mikhail Krichman . who played the elder son Andrei